Not impressed by the details. Only 150M more Symbian phones? That's barely more than 1 year at the current rate, probably about 2 at a lower rate. WP7 can't grow fast enough to compensate that, and if WP7.5 and WP8 don't deliver then 2011 and 2012 won't be "transition years" - they'll be the last years with Nokia in the Top5.
The current strategy was risky, but given the dubious implementation details, so is this. A shame - adding WP7 to the portfolio could have been a good thing if done differently. At least there is a TTM advantage to it as Tchock said.
Anyway, today's real loser besides the Nokia employees getting laid off? ST-Ericsson. Their only path to break-even this generation were their U8500 design wins at Nokia, and I can't imagine the majority of those surviving this.
The current strategy was risky, but given the dubious implementation details, so is this. A shame - adding WP7 to the portfolio could have been a good thing if done differently. At least there is a TTM advantage to it as Tchock said.
Anyway, today's real loser besides the Nokia employees getting laid off? ST-Ericsson. Their only path to break-even this generation were their U8500 design wins at Nokia, and I can't imagine the majority of those surviving this.