Android has been around what like 2 years? In contrast to symbian that has been around for ages. I think this is a point of no return. The gap will probably get bigger and bigger. I posted this on another thread on this news:

There was a report that came out yesterday or so that showed android sold more than Symbian last quarter ( I think it included the Galaxy Tab sales but it is not Samsung or Google's fault there is no symbian tablet). Symbian did sell over 30 million so it is still in a good position but you have to say now that android has overtaken symbian I don't see anyway back.

I think Android is going to outsell symbian in every quarter and the gap is only going to get bigger and bigger. Once android hardware gets into the cheap £50 segment which Nokia dominates Nokia's sales are going to go lower and lower and they need to find a way to gather sales from where ever they can.

Nokia seems to be sitting still relying on the fact that for those looking for a cheap phone of satisfactory quality there is no choice other than Nokia. However, android does not seem ready to sit on its laurels and it looks like it is going to spell trouble for Nokia. RIM has already taken a very huge chunk of Nokia potential customers with blackberry messanger attracting so many but that may pale in comparison to what android could do.

Having said that I don't see Nokia (from what we have seen in the last few years) being able to crack the US or attract new customers (would not be suprised if those still buying Nokia smart phones are those who have been buying Nokia phones previously).

So unless something changes drastically I think Nokia's best days are now behind it. Hopefully something drastic is the reason there is new management.