Given that half of the drivel are categorically either baseless claims, continued MS (aptly labeled M$) nerd drama or a dislike of Ballmer (he does come off as trustworthy as an used car salesman), you will have a hard time finding arguments for or against this new direction beyond the aforesaid reasons.

That's, of course, not 100% true, but common sense is giving way to conspiracy theory and MS hate for some reason.

Out of curiosity, I found my iPaq 2215 that I still somehow own.

I've officially taken a "wait and see" stance. Despite that, I've also stated that I'll buy a Nokia WP7 phone if it were to happen. Now I have to buy one...

It shouldn't be... but this just feels like an episode at the craps table. With nothing shown, it goes from "we have viable options" to "we will have viable options" and as it stands, the delays are hurting Nokia.

If they announced a WP7 phone at MWC, showed it, said it was shipping in 2 weeks, it would have shown a swift, quick turnaround for this agreement, it would have shown that Nokia is dropping their "always delayed products" stigma and they would have hushed the critics about how effective this combination truly by shipping a product in pretty record time.

Now... if that product would have sold is a totally different story.

I'm patient enough to have waited from the 770 to now for an internet tablet that I would use reliably; I'm patient enough to wait for 2 years.

I just can't do it silently.