Were not sure what to make of this, but we were just invited to a joint Microsoft / Nokia teleconference during which the two companies will announce an "alliance." Yeah, there are some pretty wild possibilities there -- Nokia going WinMo? Redmond going Symbian? The creation of MaeWinMo? -- but considering the featured speakers are Stephen Elop, president of Microsofts business division, and Kai Öistämö, Nokias EVP for devices, were guessing the real announcement will be something more pedestrian, like native Exchange support on Symbian or possibly that upcoming Atom netbook running Windows 7. Otherwise, hell -- Nokia would be supporting three different mobile OSs, and that seems just a little too crazy, even for Espoo. Well see -- it all goes down tomorrow at 11AM Eastern.
Update: This is probably unrelated, but Microsofts Mac BU just called its own presser for Thursday, so if youre looking to spend the night weaving wild nonsensical conspiracy theories, wed say all the pieces are in place.
Update 2: Told you it was nothing too out there -- the Wall Street Journal says Microsoft will announce its working on a version of Office for Nokia phones. Anyone surprised? Didnt think so.
