[quimby]

there is no more closed environment than you will find with Apple and with the Android system, which are all about locking people in with the unending number of apps in the apps stores.

Your statement is somewhat confusing, but apple and android are different. apple IOS is closed. only apps from the app store will load. But in android, you can use the play store and load non-play store apps. Try loading a custom keyboard on your i[phone/ipad...

[adorno]

Your statement is somewhat confusing

iOS is closed, but, Android is closed in a different way, and that is with the "cheap OS" and the massive head-start they enjoyed in development of apps,for about 3-4 years. People can be easily fooled into believing that, an Os is superior when the apps store has many times more apps. Thus, the mental lock-in.

Otherwise, Android is "more" open than iOs, and it will be easier to displace it in the marketplace by Windows RT and Windows Phone 8. It will take time, but, in about 3-4 years, Android will be a distant third to Windows RT/WP8, and to iOS. The winner in a competition, is usually the one that brings the superior product or skills, and not the cheapest.