If you read the press releases, you will see that they never mention Windows Phone 7, or WP7. They only say Windows Phone. This is certainly done on purpose.

Any way you see it, this is not a strategic move, it is a desperate maneuver to rescue Nokia from certain death. They may die anyway, but now they have a fighting chance. MeeGo and Symbian are both fine OS'es, but way to costly to maintain and develop both regarding money and time.

Qt may be excellent, but it doesn't help as long as the core OS'es are moving too slow.

Android is a death trap once ZTE and Huawei and God knows who else are getting up to speed for real.

It is a cry and shame, but it has happened. MeeGo, Symbian and Qt are excellent, but Nokia didn't manage to make it work nearly as efficient as needed. They almost broke their neck in the process, and may still die from the wounds.

I hope Nokia and MS will get some killer phones out there ASAP. Android and iPhone need the competition. Personally I don't like Android or iPhone, I would prefer MeeGo, but dead is dead