Nokia adopt Windows Phone 7 in their smartphones (Updated: MeeGo and Symbian remain standing)

Officially confirmed what was already an open secret: the Finnish company Nokia will start using Windows Phone 7 as operating system for most of its smartphones. The confirmation comes through a press release from Microsoft itself.

Broadly speaking, the agreement speaks to what we already know that manufacture smartphones for Nokia with Windows Phone 7 to ship globally. But more than that.