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You could not have said it better. Apple being a tab less restricted than others does not make it Open.

How is Apple less restricting than others? Who is 'others'?

I imagine he meant major cell phone carriers and their app decks.

I'm pretty sure every single phone I have had (and I have an 3G iPhone now) has been more open for development than this one.

Every single one has had a public SDK and public development tools. And no vendor-approval needed.