The Inquirer-Home  Nokia opts for Windows Phone, explains the
death of Symbian and Meego  Updated Android users laugh Fri Feb
11 2011, 12:15  FINNISH PHONE MAKER Nokia's smartphone operating
system will be Windows Phone but the first handset might not be
Windows Phone 7, while Meego and Symbian have been sidelined.
Meego, an OS created by Nokia with Intel, is to be used for a
single unspecified device while the Finnish company's Symbian is
to be a "franchise" operating system but no new franchise owner
has been announced.  event-ballmerelop-heroIn a joint press
conference with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Nokia CEO Stephen
Elop explained that WP7 was chosen because it was seen as the
fastest way into the US market and it would help cut Nokia's
research and development costs. Developing Meego or Symbian into
an OS that could compete with Android and IOS was viewed as
beyond Nokia's funds.  How getting into the US market could be
achieved with WP7, whose handsets have been a sales flop is
anyone's guess. Ballm