NOKIA EMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS NOKIA USING WINDOWS PHONE 7 RUMORS

Watts Martin, a Nokia employee, has put the smackdown on a recent rumor Nokia is going to start using the Windows Phone 7 mobile OS on some of its smartphones. The rumors started when former Microsoft executive Stephen Elop became CEO of Nokia. The rumors further heated up last week when Eldar Murtazin, an industry insider, wrote the company might build "an entire line of Windows Phone devices that may go under the name Nokia."

Watts Martin, a LAMP and Django Web developer at Nokia, stated that the idea of Nokia considering Windows Phone 7 as a possible platform for its devices is “stark raving loony.” Martin states that while Symbian and MeeGo are both open source, Nokia demands complete control over its operating systems and there would be no way to achieve that using Microsoft’s mobile platform. Martin does not indicate in his blog post that he speaks for Nokia in any official capacity. [BGR]