"Phones should be open to anything," claims a flyer being distributed by Apple in the wake of Sun's recent claim about Apple: "Fundamentally, they don't like open systems."

"The best devices have no limits," the flyer - found on 2nd avenue in New York City and promptly posted on Slashdot - proclaims.

Customers don't seem to want a closed smartphone, but that's not stopped Apple (yet), which is what led to Sun executive Bob Brewin saying, at the recent AJAXWorld Conference and Expo, when asked by a delegate, that he thought it was "a mistake" on Apple's part not to allow Java to run on the iPhone and that it would make more sense if Java had been able to run on them right from the get-go.

As one Slashdot contributor pointed out:

"When Nokia says 'Open' in the ads, they are referring to products that are carrier unlocked and run an 'Open Platform,' which may be closed source but is still open for 3rd party developers in the same way Windows is an 'Open Platform'. This has been Nokia's strategy for many, many years and has absolutely nothing to do with the iPhone's success. The only thing that's changed is Nokia's marketing strategy"

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