Exactly. The more familiar you get with the Android API the more you think things like why does the activity I'm starting have to be on the same device? Can't I

Exactly. The more familiar you get with the Android API the more you think things like why does the activity I'm starting have to be on the same device? Can't I fire Intents to devices on my local network? Wouldn't it be cool if the YouTube activity I'm using on my phone could be migrated to the TV with all state preserved? You get problems in terms of where the data to drive it comes from, especially if it's the class of data you'd normally store on an SD card, which may be one slightly more reasonable explanation of the ludicrous cloud dependence of the Q.