Closed environment? With a published SDK, freely downloadable build environment and tools, plus documentation and example code.... The iPhone platform is anything but closed.
The traditional closed model is that only approved developers have any access to development tools for a system. Apple's model is that only approved developers have access to install anything on the system. It's functionally equivalent, except for that the developers have to develop the application before finding out whether they'll be approved or not.
I don't see anything wrong with calling that 'closed'.
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