I just addressed an aspect of this issue today: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/its-not-the-device-or-the-file-its-the-internet-stupid/ http://ipadtest

I just addressed an aspect of this issue today: http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/its-not-the-device-or-the-file-its-the-internet-stupid/ http://ipadtest.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/its-not-the-device-... And it's worth reading the App Store post on the front page of HN (which is also linked to in my post). I think apps are crutches and I think even Apple understands that. I wouldn't bet against the Internet at all. How much traction do you think any device would get if it could access only a portion of the Net? (DoCoMo in Japan has been an exception, but Japan does things differently anyway. And there's the fall of Minitel in France as one example.)