RWell I think I would have been fine waiting till October November, 1.2 was supposed to be production ready for handsets. So it could have come out sooner but by November 1.3 will be out, and unlike handset makers for android a meego handset maker doesn't need to wait until general availability to start adapting custom UI/UX for meego, they could start during the freeze 2 months prior to release since it is done publicly.

Basically they gained no time with the MS deal since they are not planning any WP devices till October the earliest. Any revenue enhancements they get in the next 10 months will be more from savings by laying off members of the symbian and meego team( around 2000 employees ) not from handset sales or the likes.