The Steve show just ended with both Elop and Ballmer hosting a media Q&A following the reveal of Nokia's plan to use Windows Phone 7 as its "primary smartphone platform." Here are the highlights:
No specific announcement for when we'll see the first Nokia Windows Phone. Ballmer mentioned that the engineering teams have spend a lot of time together already.
Elop also confirmed that Nokia is a Finnish company and always will be -- they will not be moving to Silicon Valley or anywhere else.
Ballmer said that the partnership is "not exclusive" but some thing that Microsoft is doing with Nokia are "unique" allowing Nokia to differentiate itself in the market. Elop added that it's important for the Windows Phone 7 ecosystem to thrive, which means that multiple vendors must succeed.
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