>>This basically had shut down a large part of the development tool community from looking at the iPhone/iPad as Apple wouldn't allow it.

Apple could get away with it as long as competitors were disorganized and miles behind. But Android is closing fast with experts predicting absolute iOS dominance may not last more than a year to 18 months. This is a perfect time for Apple to remove any justification for vendor preference for alternative OS. Now Adobe, Real and everybody else who has been complaining has no choice but to provide viable iOS versions ASAP, whereas Apple need only wait for the first sign of instability/insecurity so it can wring its hands and say "told you so."