Last year, the entire mobile industry was surprised when then Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer announced that the company will be buying the mobile division of Nokia. For fans of the Finnish brand, that meant that the upcoming Nokia phones for 2014 could be the last devices that it will make. 

Fast forward to February this year and Nokia made 'little' waves when it launched its first ever Android powered devices. While they are very specification-challenged, they still provide a glimpse of what could have been Nokia's future if it has chosen Google's mobile platform instead of WP. 

In spite the mediocre specs and not-so-pleased reactions because of the lack of Play Store access, the Nokia X, X+ and XL are still selling well in countries where they are available. 

Unfortunately, we may have seen enough - not just for Nokia's Android lineup, but Nokia itself. 

According to a recent report by The Verge, Microsoft mobile and business head Jo Harlow has written an internal letter to employees stating that support for existing Nokia phones which do not run on Windows Phone would be stopped in the next 18 months. 

This means all of Nokia's feature phones, including the Ashas, as well as the Nokia X lineup would not be supported by the end of 2015. 

In turn, all of the upcoming Nokia phones for 2014, probably excluding the Nokia X2, would be powered by Windows Phone. 

"To drive success in the short term, we plan to focus our high end go-to-market strategy on the Lumia 930, Lumia 1520, and other high-end products that we will be announcing very soon", Harlow said in the letter.

To make things worse for the Nokia team within Microsoft, The Verge also reported that new Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sent a 3,100-word message to the company sharing what he envisions it to be in the next 12 months. In effect, the 'core' should be reshaped, which will lead to 18,000 layoffs, most of which would come from former Nokia employees. 

If Microsoft absorbed most of what we know now as Nokia (its mobile division), and majority of its former employees would be laid-off, then surprise-suprise - no more Nokia in a sense. 

Will this move affect the poor performance of Windows Phone devices in the market? No one can guarantee. We can only hope for the best for Nokia.