Nokia Backtracks, Will Allow Customized Linux Phones

"Nokia this morning reversed its seeming stance on excluding carrier customization from Maemo-based smartphones like the N900. Despite an executive claiming Nokia would at least partly follow the Android and iPhone models of giving less control to carriers over software in the OS, the company now says the argument is 'simply incorrect' and that there are 'many customization points' for carriers to alter the platform."

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