Wow. I know a whole lot of techies who would vehemently disagree with you. There have been a lot of people screaming for Apple to open the iPhone. I’m glad they finally did it; should’ve been the plan since Day One.
People screaming to open the iPhone use as justification the whole “only third party apps do what I want” routine, ignoring the fact that the default apps on the iPhone are far and away better than the default apps on any other phone. Safari on iPhone is the best web browser out there, Mail is a real mail client (though I admit it could use a little more work, and it’s nice to hear improvements are on the way), Google Maps is pretty damned advanced, etc.
I really don’t buy the whole “we need third party apps NOW” argument. They’re nice, but hardly necessary, and I would wager that 99% of iPhone users are happy with what they get out of the box.