Hi BeastOfBodmin,

I think you make a good set of points. However, where is the surprise about Apple it has always been one of the most closed, proprietary companies out there so it is not a great surprise that it is following the same traditional with the Apple phone. Where are the Apple Clones ? Where does the Apple operating system run except on Apple hardware ? The thing people love about Macs is the integrated experience and how you get so many bundled programmes with the operating system.

Also look at how iTunes is getting into trouble in France and Norway because of restrictive practices.

With Steve Jobs it is all about control. Just look at how they sue bloggers who print rumours about Apple.

It is all fun and certainly not that important

Martin