Why more mobile OSes are good for you  If you're bored with
Android and iOS, never fear. There's a ton -- well, five --
nascent mobile operating systems coming toward you. And that's a
good thing, even if you're on one of the big two.  The
Geeksphone Keon has an FM radio tuner app -- but it requires
headphones to be used as an antenna.   (Credit: Stephen
Shankland/CNET)    Some people think this is a bad thing.
Yesterday's IDC report that smartphones will overtake feature
phones in global sales this year provides some straightforward
financial logic for why we're going to see so many new mobile
operating systems in the next 12 months. Smartphones are
booming, but the smartphone isn't merely about the hardware in
your hand. As Apple so deftly proved, they're also indelibly
tied to the app marketplaces that fuel their continued use.
What we're faced with, as the dominant mobile operating system
makers Apple and Google strive to be even more dominant, is a
maturation of the market. A long time ago, personal co