Nokia is not for sale, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop told attendees at the Open Mobile Summit in London Thursday.
Nokia turned its smartphone strategy upside down early this year when it decided to switch from Symbian and MeeGo to Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform. The company has been steadily losing market share -- largely based on its Symbian devices -- and the first Nokia WP7 phone is due to arrive in 2012, which prompted many to question Nokia's future.
However, speaking about the recent rumors that either Microsoft or Samsung are planning to acquire the Finnish mobile giant, Elop said, "All those rumors are baseless."
Straightforward as ever (he famously wrote a memo to Nokia employees in February 2011 saying that the company is standing on a "burning platform"), Elop delivered another interesting quote today.
"Apple created Android, or at least they created the environment to allow Android to happen," he said.
Do you agree with Elop? Did Apple's iOS really create Android? And, if so, where's Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 in that equation? Please, share your opinions in the comments.