This device was developed by Nokia long before the buyout and is ready to go to market, the Nokia name still moves lots of product in the key market for this device: India. Get them hooked, in two years Windows phone OS will displace this temporary line (it's already started with the 8.1 hardware spec, which effectively permits any Android-capable hardware to run Windows Phone, on-screen buttons, no camera button etc...) Most consumers won't even know they're changing OS. Microsoft would be stupid to ditch this.
I have the developer preview of Windows Phone 8.1 on a couple of devices and the 'Swype-style' keyboard does seem to work quite well.
Funny how that reminds me of the day job...
The temperature of the air will be around ten times ambient, so 3000K, which is more or less the stochiometric temperature for hydrocarbon fuels.
Read this for details of the isentropic flow relationships.
I refer to the BBC World Service reporting of this story, where a female psychologist explained why Daniel Craig was not attractive to women because touchy-feely. Every single girl I know, even the gay ones, just say 'phwoooar'
He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him. -- Bion