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Yesterday we brought you the news of a Nokia’s Windows Phone Concept image that appeared around the web, and gave an idea of what future devices from NokMsft could look like. Well, at the press conference last night at Mobile World Congress, Nokia officially unveiled some high resolution images of these concepts. Hit the jump to check them out.

The Windows Phone Marketplace is Microsoft’s mobile phone app store, and will eventually become the new application store for Nokia users. Following the recent partnership announcement from Nokia and Microsoft, the Ovi Store, along with the rest of the Ovi services, are set to receive some major changes, ultimately being replaced or combined with Microsoft’s offerings. So where does the Windows Phone Marketplace currently stand when compared to the rest of the industry? Hit the jump to find out more.

We previously discussed the future of Symbian & Meego in the new strategic alliance between Nokia and Micrsoft, but what about the Qt developer push Nokia was engaged in. Since the Windows Marketplace will become the one-stop-shop for apps on future Nokia devices powered by Windows Phone OS, and has it’s own set of developer tools, what will be of Qt? Daniel Kihlberg, Director of the Qt Ecosystem, Qt Sales, Marketing and Services takes some time out to explain the future of Qt. Hit the jump to find out more.

Phil Schwarzmann from Nokia Conversations asks some questions from readers to Nokia CEO Stephen Elop and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer during the Nokia Strategy & Financial Briefing on February 11, 2011, regarding their new partnership which will see Windows Phone OS come to Nokia devices. You can see the full Q&A interview after the break.

Engadget has released some stunning images of a proposed Nokia Windows Phone 7 Concept design which have been put together after the recent partnership announcement. Nokia has made it very clear that Windows Phone will become Nokia’s primary smartphone OS, so heres a small glimpse as to what Nokia could have in store for us in the future.