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Final week, I was bearish on claims, prayers and predictions that Nokia would wind up providing some type of Windows Telephone machine as component of the corporation;s line-up. But now, I;m contemplating it;s not just achievable, but probable.I was a skeptic for numerous reasons, instead of for the reason that I'm a Windows Telephone hater. (In actual fact,Genuine Windows 7, I could be a Windows Phone 7 proprietor if Verizon would make one on the market. So far, all we still know is Verizon plans to add a minimum of one WP7 model to its line-up a while this year… maybe after customers stop burning up the lines to buy iPhones.)Windows Phone 7 is still a version one product. Microsoft and the carriers who do offer WP7 devices still have yet to roll out the first update to the platform. WP7s don;t offer much for business users up to now. Microsoft has delivered 2 million copies of the OS to carriers considering October 2010, which means fewer than 2 million devices have been sold to date. To restate the obvious, Microsoft;s smartphone platform has a long way to go to catch up to Android and iOS.Microsoft;s decision to “lock down” WP7 handset makers, requiring them to choose among three different chassis specs, also made me leery that Nokia — the No. 1 smartphone provider, with its own OS and developer tools/ecosystem — would agree to abide by Microsoft;s new rules. So even though Microsoft and Nokia had forged a partnership,Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010, bringing Silverlight, Office Mobile and Office Communicator to some Symbian phones,Windows 7 Professional Key, I was definitely contemplating that Nokia would go with Android over WP7.What changed my mind? It wasn;t Nokia CEO Stephen Elop;s “Burning Platform” memo — which sounded to me like the type of memo more than several Softies have penned in an attempt to motivate the troops and/or signal a sea-change. The rumors were already swirling before the Burning Platform memo leaked that Nokia was ready to add a non-Symbian/non-MeeGo telephone platform to its stable of offerings.Instead, what;s got me contemplating I was wrong is a tweet from Google;s Vice President of Engineering Vic Gundrota. Gundrota;s tweet:February 11 is the date when Elop is expected to unveil publicly Nokia;s new platform directions. I;m contemplating the “turkeys” here don;t include the golden goose Google,Office Standard 2010 Key, but more likely refer to Microsoft and Nokia. If your corporation had just cemented a deal with the established (even though slipping) smartphone leader, would you be talking turkey?If Nokia nevertheless does end up choosing Android, I;d think Gundrota might have some explaining (and apologizing) to do. If Nokia, instead, has decided to go with WP7, I;d be really interested to hear more on any concessions the Softies made to get the deal done. And yes,Office 2007 Product Key, if it;s WP7 that Nokia chooses over Android, I will be eating crow turkey….Update: A couple of folks have noted that there;s another probable interpretation with the Gundrota quote. Anssi Vanjoki, Nokia;s former Executive Vice President for Markets, said the exact same thing in 2005 about BenQ buying Siemens; mobile handset business handset company. Hmmm. Will Google have the final laugh?