Nokia drops MeeGo phone before launch (Reuters)

What a shame. Meego had such great prospects since it had familiar linux userland (unlike android) and no problems like android to be in sync with linux kernel. Now all that goes into water. Also, seeing an ex-MSFT guy vouching for Windows 7 on Nokia handsets sounds suspicious and makes one thing whether this departure from Meego is not an unplanned one. Having said that, adopting W7 by Nokia will be the last nail in the coffin. To stabilize, they can temporarily drop out of smartphone business (their handset business is still strong) and re-establish their base around weakpoints of Android and iOS. Also, Meego has lot of prospects in tablet PC business.