There’s more details to the assassination plot now, with Cyanogen announcing a partnership with Miami-based Blu to launch a phone later this year without any services whatsoever. The company also plans to build its own app store, though there isn’t yet a clear path to how its scheme will churn out enough revenue to sustain the company. Cyanogen does have some big-name backers in Twitter, Qualcomm, mogul Rupert Murdoch, part of a recent $80 million fundraising round. But while modders open source advocates may be enamored with the plan, it’s unclear how much mainstream appeal a truly -free device will have. Android may not be as open as it once was, but there are plenty of custom themes stock app alternatives available to suit your fancy. The story behind the story: Cyanogen first began as one of many Android modifications—an alternate version of the operating system for tinkerers to play with on their devices. But after Cyanogen was bundled on the Oneus One the company’s ambitions haven’t slowed down, culminating in its vision for a separate -free operating system. Sales numbers, instead of rhetoric, will determine how much traction there really is for another mobile operating system.
