I don't think the "meego product" that Ollila is going to have phone capability, not that it couldn't, just given MS normal business practices given the extent of the deal compaired to other handset makers they probably have a no compete clause for Windows phone products. Eg no new high end phone devices that could compete in the same market as the WP device. This would not effect symbian devices as they have been relegated to mid-range.

Also I don't think maemo 5 pre pr 1.3 could compete with other smartphone OS's with general users without heavy investment. Hey I played with some n900's and loved it, but that's the geek me, could my mom or wife use it without heavy frustration nope. The UI/UX was not refined enough for your average user. I don't know with pr 1.3 if that changed those aspects enough as I have not used it, nor have I seen anything in regards to maemo 6. What I have seen in videos etc for meego it looks like it solved that issue.