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Calling a device with 160,000 applications at launch "closed" is a bit of a stretch. Any OS limits what you can do, and of course an internet/media device is not made to do movie editing or to run your small business. It is not a matter of "Open" or "closed", it's a matter of how useful the device is for a particular person. If someone wants to write code, or do spreadsheets I would say the iPad is not for them. If they want to email/internet/music/movies/read/light gaming...etc, on a portable device, then perhaps it is.
The battery issue is an old horse, that just needs to be let go. I had a 20 gig ipod for 3 years. It finally gave out (after hours of daily use), and sure the battery was not as new, but still worked long enough to be useful. If you want a replaceable battery, then get something that has one. But the "non-user replaceable" (of course there is a way....) battery has proved itself a working model in the marketplace. My Sony PRS-300 also has a non-replaceable battery, and I'm not worried about it.
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