I agree, open hardware and specifically the awful state of radio chipsets is the biggest issue here. We're at least getting close to some working open-source So

I agree, open hardware and specifically the awful state of radio chipsets is the biggest issue here. We're at least getting close to some working open-source SoC hardware with all the work on Mali and Sunxi/Allwinner reverse engineering efforts, but there's nothing good going in the baseband space and the standards and certification are so complex and expensive that it's a complete lock-in.