Re: Why aren't most devices virtual web services?

use of OAuth.

regards, Frederick

Frederick Hirsch
Nokia



On Jan 13, 2010, at 9:55 AM, ext Robin Berjon wrote:

> On Jan 13, 2010, at 15:50 , Frederick Hirsch wrote:
>>>> Is there a requirement to allow local access to contacts, for  
>>>> example, even when disconnected from the network? How would this  
>>>> work in this model, or is disconnected operation not a  
>>>> requirement? It seems a mobile device should still operate as  
>>>> much as possible when disconnected.
>>>
>>> That's entirely orthogonal. Either the web server is local, or  
>>> (perhaps more likely) it is emulated by the user agent. You never  
>>> go to the network, whether connected or not.
>>
>> I thought the proposal was to go to the network for authorization,  
>> in which case it is not orthogonal.
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> I don't read that in the original proposal, can you clarify which  
> part you're thinking of?
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> Robin Berjon
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Received on Wednesday, 13 January 2010 15:28:35 UTC