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Originally Posted by Peet View Post
What if it's simply shorthand for "unrestricted internet"? "Whatever works on the desktop should work on our gadget too"?
the term is marketing nonsense.

what people are probably trying to say is something like "a lot of the web will be accessible"... which, of course, again means nothing at all. what's "a lot of of"? i remember one of those braindead web applications that store all their data locally (as will be the next big thing once HTML5 successfully killed the web) managed to successfully bring 2 of three desktop PCs to a full halt for several minutes when i logged in. all achieved by scripting and loading/caching data. i very much doubt you'll have a pleasant experience with this kind of service on a portable device.

even more, "internet" includes each and every single application designed to exchange data over IP - i really doubt that those marketroids who coin phrases like "full internet in you pocket" are even aware that "internet" is much more than "web".

it's just one of those phrases that should be forbidden by criminal law. (very much like people telling me at the beginning of a presentation how excited they are about the revolutionary product i'm going to see....)