The first shipment was approximately 400,000 units.

I’m purchasing a Kinect during spring 2011, then.

Nokia is not adopting Microsoft’s current Windows Phone 7 platform – which means that there is no chance of any handsets running Microsoft’s software before the end of October. It is likely to be a lot later.

If they haven’t announced a release date, how can this be called a “delay”?

Unequivocally, Qt is not dead. This morning we heard top Nokia executives like CTO Rich Green talk about Qt and the future. Qt will continue to live on through Symbian, MeeGo and the non-mobile Qt industries and platforms.

It’s dead, at least where Nokia is concerned.

• Apple Outsider: “Microsoft Buys Nokia for $0B”
• Computer World (and many others): “Microsoft to pay out ‘billions’ as part of Nokia deal”

Once again, Ars Technica hits the nail on the head.