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2009-05-19 , 11:44
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Originally Posted by krisse View Post
...if you took it to an extreme by assuming an always-on connection, you could even have the interface made up entirely of web pages. :-)

I don't think that's the case here, obviously, but web-based content is starting to creep into mobile apps here and there already.
If pages are stored locally, the only need for a connection would be to update data.


XUL code may even reach out to the device its own dang self. (see attachment).

The problem that I have with the quote I posted in this thread is Carrier Subsidized...
Many of us in the US and Canada have looked at Nokia as the last great hope to free us from the constraints that this business model has imposed over the years. We have seen how technology has been harbored and innovation has been stifled.

Also... something about using community developed FOSS to sell soap back to the very same community rubs me the wrong way.

It is not like you are buying all your kids "Band Candy" in order to support extra curricular activities at his/her school. Rather, it would be like being told that if you don't buy product "X", your kids school may not get the new roof it needs.
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