Nokia are able to customise Windows Phone 7 when other OEMs can't, and will presumably be the preferred partner when developing new versions. This might seem mi

Nokia are able to customise Windows Phone 7 when other OEMs can't, and will presumably be the preferred partner when developing new versions. This might seem minor, but it isn't: think of the root cause of HTC's Android marketshare. There are plenty of other perks MS can offer Nokia too. Windows Phone 7 ads that prominently show Nokia phones being the most obvious. This is likely worth hundreds of millions of dollars in its own. I suspect Nokia will continue MeeGo development in case the Windows deal fails, so they have an alternative platform to fall back on. The potential for Android-compatible MeeGo handsets being rolled out at a moment's notice should keep MS in check.