Just to highlight a dichotomy - one one side people (you ) are talking about Nokia as a company, and on the other Android, as a platform. The recent 'google beats nokia for 2010Q4' is a good example for that - the analysts take a random mix of manufacturers and devices on one platform, and then compare it to only one, specific offering from Nokia. That's pretty much matching up apples (pun intended) and oranges. They didn't even bother to include non-Nokia symbian devices (hello Japan/China !) as that would ruin the hype. In either case, even with just producing symbian, Nokia will remain the #1 mobile phone vendor for quite some time. Read that carefully. #1 mobile phone vendor. Google is not a mobile phone vendor. Nokia's archenemies are not (directly) Google or Microsoft, but Samsung, ZTE, Motorola, LG, SE and alike (most of which are not doing as well financially as PR/market-share-wise), and in that context, it's really-really big even if it can't grow as fast at the moment (that's the scary part, symbian volumes are increasing !). Changes will be necessary to stimulate growth, but I guess it's no news that Nokia at some point decided it will use new OS-es (MeeGo) and software platforms (=Qt). I guess people are keen on the Android crossover because they know it works (for *them*, not Nokia) and they haven't seen MeeGo.

It's suicide. Why would anyone write apps with Qt (or native blackberry, etc) if they can cover Nokia with Android apps ? Plus, Symbian HW is lower spec on average than Android so won't look good anyway. Dalvik (or rather, the Android API) is pointless FOR THE VENDORS on any platform other than Android (i.e. blackberry might be preparing a long term migration plan for all I know).