Most of the articles centering around open-source phones have pointed out the issue of carriers REFUSING to permit an open stack to touch the radio at all. I sincerely doubt that an omission of the intent to close the radio off from applications is the same as stating an intent to have it open. The idea that it can run an office application is cold comfort for those whom do not wish to switch carriers just to have a newer, more modern pocket sized tablet computer in the footsteps of the 770 and N8x0 family. Not to mention that most Palm devices (including the T5, TX and the Treos for examples) have been able to comfortably run DataViz Office To Go for at least the last 5 years (an MS Office compatible suite which allows you to view, create and edit MS Office compatible word processor, spreadsheet and presentation files). I'm not particularly impressed by that example.

I'm still very disappointed that it didn't go the route of a module so you can pick the type of radio/carrier you want to use--or not use any at all and leave the interface and space open for some hackery or other upgrades you could buy. My MAJOR complaint against carriers is the same as yours, precisely, on price.