Also, specs dont mean crap. An efficient OS will run the same with a clock matched to its performance then a resource hog OS a clock to match..the difference is a phone sized battery has a finite amount of juice. 

It is all perspective and how the phone is meant to be set up…but you would not understand that, I would go ask your grandma what that means. 

But as long as they are able to keep the buzz going, it will keep a lot of buyers interested, especially considering WP7 has a unique interface, good integration with Xbox, Zune music + excellent Nokia hardware.

And Microsoft MUST ensure that system upgrades are pushed out to Nokia handsets as soon as possible and not let carrier control the upgrades. This will definitely help Nokia showcase what their hardware can do.

Good luck guys.

Is Elop a Genius, a evil Trojan madman sent in to destroy Nokia so MS can take it over; or just a desperate CEO hoping he made the right bet in a changing world?

First of all the baby crap blue is not the color represented here. It IS a picture of the blue used for the phone but the contrast and exposure are WAY up. This looks nothing like the color of the phone. 

Secondly the back looks just fine. Get off your fanboy bias and just admit that whatever you currently use, is about to look 10 years outdated. 

MS is a sleeping giant who is about to wake up. 

The only people whom I have met who dont like the windows phone UI are:
A. Obvious fanbois who wouldn’t admit to anything being better then their OS choice.
B. People that have not used the windows phone OS. 

It’s my cousin’s 16th birthday soon and he wants his first smartphone to be a WP7, on the account of my Omnia 7.

At least, it will be in the hands of someone who actually loves this marvelous OS.

In regard to the article, i don’t think 2011 is the be or not to be for nokia, it’s the next year, when WP is going to catch up/be competitive with android and iOS in the hardware specs race, no matter how meaningless it may be (dual core).

Look, truth is that 99% of people who have actually USED a WP device have been blown away by the experience, and that includes some rabid iFan bloggers (respect to them for their honesty). As soon as those millions of customers that Nokia has fed for years get a hold of a WP device… they’re never going to miss Symbian crap. They’re going to fall in love with their new phones.  

Elop created that mirage, he set fire something that won’t die. That said he has created problems for nokia and its relationship with distribution and networks alike.

Meego was a failure from the start,continuing with maemo’s ui and adding swipe would have been better.
 
Question is when will Nokia’s board have the guts in removing Elop.