It's Monday, and that means a chance to look back at a busy week in Nokia-land and the stories we've been talking about around the NokNok water cooler. Let's jump right in and take a closer look at this week's Nokia Nuggets.

Nokia boss Stephen Elop has already carved a name for himself as probably the most visible leader in the company's history, and last week he was in the public eye again at the Open Mobile Summit in London, talking extensively about Nokia, Windows Phone and the challenges and rivals they both face on their road to success.

Elop: the five pillars of ecosystem success

Elop was one of the keynote speakers at the Open Mobile Summit, and while there were no dramatic product announcements, he nonetheless had plenty of interesting things to say, revealing details of Nokia's five pillar approach to creating a third mobile ecosystem alongside iOS and Android, and revealing that the combination of Nokia and Windows Phone is proving to be a hot ticket for app developers.

Did Apple create Android?

Elop also gave us further insight into why exactly Nokia chose Windows Phone over Android – reasons that certainly make sense to us – and even had time to speculate that Android's success is actually Apple's doing, with the latter's walled garden approach having created the demand for a direct rival perceived as being more open. Interesting comments indeed!

Delving deeper into WP7

Back on Windows Phone, we continue to delve deeper into the 500-odd updates that are coming in the Mango update to the Microsoft OS, and explore what they mean specifically for Nokia users. Over the course of the week we took a closer look at the Skydrive cloud storage service, threaded messaging and music and video features.

Nokia 5800 vs Nokia X7: why you should upgrade

The Nokia 5800 is getting on a bit now, but such is its popularity among the Nokia faithful that there are a good number of the Xpress Music handsets still on active duty today. With the brand new Nokia X7, however, now's the perfect time to upgrade, and we've put the two side by side to showcase just what you can look forward to if you do. Of course, once you've decided to take the plunge, there's another dilemma waiting for you: do you go for the Nokia X7 in dark steel or light steel?

Nokia C2-00: key facts revealed

The recently announced Nokia C2-00 is the latest dual-SIM contender in Nokia's budget lineup, and the more we think about dual-SIM, the more clever uses we come up with for this versatile feature. But the Nokia C2-00 has a lot more to offer too, and we've rounded up all the main facts in an easily digested summary of what you need to know.

Double your battery life on the Nokia E7 and Nokia N8

We always make time in our day to share the latest tutorials and walkthroughs to help you get the most out of your Nokia smartphone, and last week was no exception. But we also revealed some clever tips to help Nokia E7 and Nokia N8 users improve their hard-working handsets' battery life – follow these simple tips and you could as much as double the length of time between charges!

BTW: If you don't already own it, check out the Nokia N8 huge price drop - big enough to tempt to you?

And finally...

We often refer to some of the great devices that feature so prominently throughout Nokia's rich history of mobile success, but how capable are those former favourites at meeting today's needs? That's the question All About Symbian is seeking to answer in its latest instalment of its "Pimping" features, entitled Pimping the Nokia N86 8MP.