Your version of open is like a doorway with a barrier that only people over 6" can climb over. My version of open is a doorway with no barrier.
If google makes the APIs public and allows 3rd party apps, it is open. Saying it isn't is daft.
Something has started killing the battery on mine recently, have no clue what it is, have killed all the background tools and its still draining pretty fast.
I'm getting bored of waiting for EE to approve GDR2.