Nokia drops MeeGo phone before launch (Reuters)

It would be a huge credibility boost for WP7, which is still considered a joke by many. However, it wouldn't come close to stopping the deluge of android phones. Ontop of both of those things, how do they plan on winning developer mindshare?

Seems to me like they can't replicate the xbox strategy of "throw money at it until the competition loses" game. This certainly is a war of attrition, but as the biggest party, Google is winning.