Zings of the day (NOK, MSFT)

Microsoft MSFT is betting on growth of the Zune in Europe, as it looks to take on Apple AAPL. It will use the Xbox, which already has a significant market share in Europe to help its campaign. So it's business as usual at Microsoft. Take a good product, and drag it through the mud to help a crappy product. I can see why Ballmer still has a job. Nokia NOK delayed its N8 smartphone by a few weeks, saying it needs time to make adjustments. It wanted to make sure it wouldn't be relevant on a global scale and no one would care when the product was released.