"There's s theory his job was just to stop Nokia launching an Android phone, thus making things easier for Microsoft to launch a mobile OS of their own."
Actually Nokia had 2 operating systems which, compared to Windows Mobile, were perfectly competitive.
One was Symbian, which was held up by its momentum, but clearly at the end of its life.
The other one was Maemo which even today is a serious competitor for people who actually want do _do_ stuff with their mobile devices.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
