NOKIA AND MICROSOFT: FAILURE TO LAUNCH

If and only if Paul Thurott is right -- which is not excluded but a long shot to say the least -- and there will be no Windows Phone 7 Mango update this year as the rumor states, we are likely to not see any Nokia made Windows Phone 7 devices until 2012.

Nokia and Microsoft announced a strategic alliance last month according to which the Finnish giant will only ship smartphones with Windows Phone 7. A new ecosystem will be created which will benefit everybody on the long term but, Nokia stated it clearly that it will be waiting for the Mango refresh to hit first. POCKETNOW