RKS have designed an attractive phone that uses Google's opensource android software.
The phone world is a large dollar proprietary system where even a small part of the market seems to produce a large pay off for phone makers and service providers.
Opensource works best in a commodity environment when the problem domain is very well known; ultimately that reduces the barrier of entry for new developers.
The altruism is nice, and I am sure the developers working on it are enjoying themselves, but until proprietary systems like the Blackberry and iPhone cease to innovate in that technology space, such that the device commoditises entirely, I don't see this going much anywhere.
Good on RKS for making a very attractive phone from it though.
