What most people don't care about is thoughtless spin like this. It's not "free" vs. "draconian lock down", it's a trade off. Android lets you do anything you want, in which case people... do anything they want. Apple puts controls in place on what can be done. That means you can get more things quicker on the Anroid but it also means you can apps that steal your credit card info, etc.
It's a trade off and both sides have advantages and disadvantages. Stop with this disingenuous "it's about freedom!" nonsense.
Apple knows that mainstream consumers don't care about freedom, just like most citizens don't really care about limitations to their civil rights until it gets to the point where they are groped by the TSA on the airport (i.e. the "if you've got nothing to hide..." mentality). Living in a country like Singapore definitely has its benefits, just as closed computer platforms do. If you're not a power user your data usually doesn't matter that much, anyway, so losing it if you switch to another system doesn't seem like such a big deal when you're deciding about what product to buy. This is exactly the reason why people buy a new version of Microsoft Office every two years. To me, however, my data matters and I get frustrated when I can't synch my iPhone from my GNU/Linux box without jumping through all sorts of hoops. I might not be the typical user, but I still want free platforms to disrupt closed ones (note that disrupt doesn't mean that I don't want them to coexist; choice is good). Just like I want (old versions of) Internet Explorer to die in favor of more open alternatives.
Just to clarify: this is not a black and white position and I don't have anything against Apple, or even Microsoft (in fact, I think Microsoft is more open than Apple these days). My main point was that having more features doesn't make or break a product, but that being said the side-note about freedom was a serious concern that I deeply care about when it comes to investing time and data into a platform.
Of course you could say that they could just make a way for power users to get by all this stuff and that's true, but based on Jobs behavior in the past he seems to be terrified of someone having his stuff crash and blame it on Apple even if it was totally the users fault [1]. They nearly died to Microsoft because of this very thing and history may repeat against Anroid.
[1] You might say that's really silly, but most of Windows reputation for being unstable came from 3rd party software.
Man, it would be nice if there was a system utility that showed how much of the battery each app drained, so you could keep track of the worst offenders. Even if just a good estimate, like % of processor time * amount drained while active.
The one thing that seems to make a huge difference is having the cell signal on when there is no tower in range. The phone gets hot and burns battery juice when it's trying to find a tower. My office has lousy reception, so on days when the signal is bad my battery is nearly dead by the time I'm ready to go home.
It used to be completely dead almost every day unless I recharged during the day, but I bought an extended battery. They should just come with the bigger batteries, even if the phones cost a bit more. It only sticks out a bit, and makes the battery life much more livable.