I didn't pay much attention to the speculation of Elop/MS for his own profit. But, it does look that way. After all, there is NO reason why this strategy had to be unveilved, and i'm not talking WP7 - they could have gone WP7 as an extra line, as the spot of Maemo/MeeGo, until MeeGo comes along and then simply have 2 high-end OSs. That would not only win them more marketshare and sell more devices, it would put them ahead of the competition by being the big name they are and having two OSs, one open and one closed. It also wouldn't involve this 'transition' period where no one will buy Symbian. In fact, rather than have any loss at all, they would have everything they currently have AND a high-end line to boot. Win-win, surely?

The fact Elop said 'no, let's stop everything and just do WP7' is suspicious. And i'm aware he said they'll still make/sell Symbian, but i'm also aware, as everyone else here is, that no one will buy them now the development platform and the OS have been axed.