"transition years" my arse.

2011: 'strategic partnership'
2012: Nokia becomes part of Microsoft

I'm getting a sim card for my old 3310

WTF?!! Royalty payments? Oh dear, oh dear

So, if I go and buy my girlfriend an E7 (when it comes to the States in 2019) it'll still be ok right? I mean it's not as if she even knows anything about anything when it comes to technology, she'll just be happy it's shiny, sexy, new and most importantly VERY expensive. It'll do everything she asks for in a phone device, and even if the Ovi store completely goes, and Ovi suite completely goes, she still will love the E7. So F it, I'm going to do it. Even if it's just to say in my heart of hearts, "I liked Nokia, and this agreement is utter BS."

Or am I crazy?

I agree with this part. It's make it or break it. If they don't succeed, it's going to be too late.

maybe eldar is finally out from the loop and knows as much as we all do, trying to get more clicks....

Eldar was always out from the loop, he was dabbling in wild speculations for years. But with his aggressive 'I know what I know, dare you to prove me wrong' approach, he used the same strategy astrologers and other charlatans use - throw out anything that you can think of, in 99% of the cases you'll be wrong, but the rest 1% of you being 'right' is all that people will remember...

He was a 'name' only in the eyes of the uninformed -_-

I don't know if Slashdot's take on nokia's capitulation has been mentioned yet, but as you can expect, the ~100% support nokia had among geeks until the other day of elop's making ("which will live in infamy") appears to have been fully reversed.

(I read with threshold 2 to keep profanities at minimum)

So, the old cashcow symbian is fscked and *all* gains gained among the trend-setters in the last several years have been pissed away overnight.

Smart move by the eloper guy to keep his ms stock while not investing any in the one company he set out to kneecap!

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.

At least we get funny pics thanks to this.

hey guys I think Elop just joked about going wp7. Nokia will release two nice meego handsets at MWC and one tablet!! woho