In short, the platform is as closed as the iPhone and you won't be permitted the option to run backgrounded apps of the users choice. Its just like the iPhone without any of the iPhone magic/mojo/juju.
The only way I'm giving up my iPhone is to move to an open platform that lets me run applications from any source I please and run as many at a time as I like until the unit crashes or my battery burns out.
The only possible selling point this phone has is it won't require the use of iTunes to sync with. Given the crappiness of iTunes, especially on Windows, this is no small point but not nearly enough.
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