> Why can't anyone else create a true competitor to iOS and iPhone that is as open as Android? Nokia tried in 2009/10 with the N900 running a Linux-based OS. I

> Why can't anyone else create a true competitor to iOS and iPhone that is as open as Android? Nokia tried in 2009/10 with the N900 running a Linux-based OS. It flopped, partially because Nokia was about to jettison their entire software stack to shack up with Windows Phone OS. But also partially because it came way too early, at a time when Apple and Google were spending millions to tell consumers that smartphones without app stores were useless and dangerous.