I wouldn't be surprised to see an open OS phone appear at the same time as the OS is made open source, possibly a couple. It's about the right time frame for getting a phone out.

On 25-Jun-08, at 11:48 AM, Bengt Gördén wrote:

Den Wednesday 25 June 2008 19.18.50 skrev Veronica Merryfield:
the news section of the symbian website (www.symbian.com).

In a nut shell, subject to regulatory approval, Symbian is to become
entirely owned by Nokia but then Symbian OS is to become open source.

Whithin 2 years. 2010.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbian_OS#Openness

/bengan