Not popular for consumers or for device manufacturers? Not popular for consumers because of: Brand Association: Maemo = Nokia, Linux (what's that?) Android = HTC, Motorola, LG, Samsung, Google, Toshiba laptop!... Not popular for device manufacturers because of: Niche consumer market: Maemo = Nokia, Linux (what's that?) Android = HTC, Motorola, LG, Samsung, Google, Toshiba laptop!... So, the next question should be; which influenced which?