If you can't open it, you don't own it

The maker manifesto it's quite clear. I tend to take some distance with latest Apple products : as nice as they might look and great features they got, they are less and less user servicable and the software/license are getting more and more closed. When I buy an electronic device, I must be able to open it, put whatever software I want on it, be recyclable, quiet and consume low amount of electricity. An iPad is pretty hard to open and Apple is getting more and more restrictive on their software usage. I must agree with Cory Doctorow : even if most parts of an iPad is recyclable (aluminium, glass, etc.), it will became an e-waste pretty soon since we can't change the battery nor control the software on it. I've got three (yeah 3) OS on my Sansa Sandisk MP3 player. Ok, the UI/control aren't as nice as the one on an iPod, but I can change the battery, add a memory card, choose the supported formats (OGG, MP3, AAC), and, quite easily, change the firmware for a custom one. And the Sansa isn't really open hardware, so imagine what we should be able to do with real open hardware.