Sure, but even if Nokia was already on the path into irrelevance, Elop greatly accelerated the pace. He did this by announcing that Nokia would abandon the Symb

Sure, but even if Nokia was already on the path into irrelevance, Elop greatly accelerated the pace. He did this by announcing that Nokia would abandon the Symbian OS for Windows Phone OS; a distant 3rd in terms of the OS penetration. All this while the company had NO products to introduce with the Windows Phone OS for another 6 months, leaving all Symbian smartphones they did have at the time dead in the water. (Who wants to buy a phone with an obsolete OS?) This ensures a definite and immediate share price slide.