Yes. Have fun playing with the open source code to the Google Maps app. Or the Mail app. Or the source code to the Market. Or removing all the vendor spamware.
Really. This article overlooks things.
Also.... and this is a big one...... owning a smart phone does not mean you use it as a smart phone...... it is meaningless to "win" this battle just by numbers...... some people own a washing machine just to store bottles in it.
No, I genuinely would prefer the browser natively handle file transfers rather than relying on old browser plugins and lots of hacks to get old browsers to work
OR a handful of apps specifically designed for your platform.