Nokia using Android?

[Jammy]

BBC News - Nokia at crisis point, warns new boss Stephen Elop

Mr Wood said that he thought Mr Elop would use the briefing as a chance to issue a "mea culpa".
"He will use it to say 'we are not in a good position, we have been outgunned and if we are to recover we are going to have to take some drastic decisions'."
Mr Wood said this could involve using Android or Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 operating systems.
"No options will be ruled out," he said.

Interesting...

 

[ElasticNinja]

i wish

 

[snapper.fishes]

I hope they don't. If the android ship does sink one day, we are going to need another boat to climb abroad.

 

[rubiconjp]

A Google exec may have made fun of the possible Nokia & Microsoft partnership with his "Two turkeys don't make an eagle" tweet this morning so it seems that Android is out.

 

[Usta]

Android and Nokia are no match... for now. Maybe some other time.

 

[Stuntman]

Regardless of which direction Nokia goes, they still have a lot of catching up to do. There have been so many advanced phones with dual cores running Android already demoed in the past month. It would be difficult for Nokia to come out with a high end device that can compete with these other ones that are already here. At least with WP7, there is a small selection of devices that Nokia can come out with one (or a few) that can draw more attention to themselves.

 

[PSkeptic]

Nokia makes some great phones (Hardware)... So, pairing it with Android might be a fantastic move.

 

[Demache]

If Nokia made an Android phone, I'd buy it (provided it was actually good). I liked my Nokia and Symbian.

 

[Stuntman]

It seems that there is evidence to suggest that the memo as published on Engadget may not be authentic. There are a number of errors in it that makes it unlikely Elop and Nokia would not have made. Here's a link that outlines the errors: Communities Dominate Brands: The Nokia CEO 'Burning Platform' memo at Engadget, doesn't ring true to my ears..