Gebick is completely right...
After years of intelligent developers and corps banging their heads collectively against consumer desire...
I see that the angle of approach has consistently always been the same.

Ergo..
I have an idea...
Bear with me...it is so backwards it may work...

If any linux handheld is going to fly....

what we need to do is dress the wolf up in sheep's clothing.
Make it a wicked and complex hacking device ...sure...

Just don't tell the public.

Also...this ...this ...." vanilla flavo-."...
no ...
wait...
that is too rich...
"this Pablum flavour..." (better) ...
shouldn't look too complicated...
or have apparent bells and whistles...

Also it should appear hobbled...

In fact....whatever is done...
DON'T call it linux...
like android has done....
at best call it ...
"a distant relative ...thrice removed ....from linux..."
It worked for android...

As well it should have issues ...bugs...etc...
just like ios and windows...
consistent...in number and frequency....
(fabricated of course...since if if everything works too well ...then the obvious conclusion is that "there MUST be something terribly wrong with it...")

Also create an over exaggerated amount of publicized hype about just "how great" something or other is about it.

Finally ...just as android has a "developer mode"
I think utilizing such a concept ...
that with a very deliberate and hidden sequence of password commands...
said perfect bland linux contender to fight on par with the other "Pablum Phones" ...transforms ...unlocks ...and voila!
the facade drops away to reveal a wicked linux hacker phone that simply cannot be compared to.

And so the grand game of handheld devices is played and won utilizing mimicry and camouflage...
garnered from what the public desires and the competing brands offer....

I know it sounds like it is ridiculous...
But to my knowledge it is always the same old same old methodology applied...
Hence the same result.

Sooooo... change the rules of engagement.

People here wonder why that such great devices as even the nxx0 line ...just never flew with the masses...
I think I understand why now...
the reality and universe of the handheld devices isn't ours...
It is a universe completely opposite to ours...It must be!
um...like superman's opposite ...Bizzaro ...
It doesn't make any logical sense ...but there it is people..

Don't fight the madness ...
I say embrace it...and use it. ....and work it.
Makes sense in it's nonsense to me..