they have been on my hit list for sometime. I think/recommend they would make a very good partner. they have really good band & marketing. they handle user experience (software) and are building a strong brand.
they have shown a strong commitment to free software ideas (gplv3) but I am concerned that the first phone might be status quo hardware (non-free drivers and firmware) but we/I shall see. There first software release is only on osx first, gnu/linux and m$ later. I guess thats the system they are currently more familiar with and future releases will be umm more preferable :D