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Symbian was never the future, it was an old product that had been OSSd. Maemo was never on a phone. OpenMoko was always a joke.

Android is the only modern, out of the box, touch based platform not designed to pus hthe agenda of aparticular handset carrier.

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but it is designed to push the agenda of google. the g1 couldn't even be activated without creating a google account.

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You're right, I hadn't considered that. Googles agenda does closely match my own, but not always - their record in china doesn't suit me at all. Though I'm no apple fan at least they've never helped put someone innocent in jail.