Oh I see, first you say that the Nokia+Microsoft lovefest is barely mentioned outside of the tech media, then dismiss it when somebody points out how it is.. even in the worst case outlier region that you yourself even openly admit that it is within that very same dismissal. Spin spin spin. I won't argue about the hog-tied consumers, though, but you fail to convince me that Nokia has made anything that could solidly compel consumers away from these competing devices, even with that hobbling hog-tie and blindfold. With this latest development of Nokia and Microsoft bumping uglies, it just makes a bad situation far worse.

Ah yes, the Nexus 1 didn't sell well. That clearly means Android, the whole platform, is clearly a failure. heheh I would also argue that Samsung's other non-Android phones didn't seem to sell quite as well as the Android ones, so I walk away with a far different understanding than yours. I still find it ironic, then, that Nokia/Ovi has been increasingly relegated to the "Other" category in most statistics gathering piecharts. (i.e. the latest SD Times (software development magazine), issue 262 (Feb 2011) article on "Rise of the Androids")

When has Nokia shown full commitment to anything,though?