That's the thesis behind a piece by Sascha Segan over at PC Magazine, where he blames a good deal of the lack of geek-friendly Linux handsets on the wireless carriers themselves. But how much of it is also end-user indifference?

From the article:

Linux the OS--the kernel, the memory manager—is attractive to phone manufacturers, Linux the philosophy--users banding together ad hoc to create new things--is anathema to wireless carriers...