[Smurfster]

Correct me if im wrong but the 'open source' bit, yes andriod is based on a linux kernel, however google has propriotry rights on the apks that runs android. This means yes the source code is available for people to reverse code the os, but the bootloader, eg prior to the recovery update loader, the bit that makes the phone work with the os is google owned and as such the manfacturers have to pay google for these bits, this also enables them to put eula's that require us to sacrifice some of our privacy! as far as your critisim of O2 Gurus, thats not on, I used to be one, left to go back to the motor trade, and the amount of disussions with both devs, and manufacturers to get bugs and updates sorted you wouldnt belive. They work very hard, and as an example, galaxy 5500 text message repeat issue was solved by 3 of the o2 gurus, me being one of them, and the samsung devs.