I met with representatives of Apostrophy at CES and received a first look at AphyOS ? a new privacy-focused, subscription-based mobile OS that is expected launch later this year.This privacy-focused, subscription-based mobile OS is such a logical and pragmatic idea that it could actually work. I know, I know. With a headline like that the rest of this writeup better deliver or I’m going to get skewered in the comments. And I get it. In a world absolutely dominated by Apple’s and Google’s ecosystems, it seems daft to think anybody has a shot at creating an alternative mobile OS that would have any chance of succeeding. Especially true considering that so many others including Palm, BlackBerry and Microsoft tried ? and ultimately failed. As promised, after having a chance to talk to representatives of Swiss-based startup Apostrophy AG at CES on Friday (we met in front of the BlackBerry booth!) and spending some time playing around with AphyOS, I want to believe. Heck, I’d even go…
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