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Re:The Register slams OpenSocial, OpenID and Google Gears - ... by jwilliams on Monday September 22, 2008 @02:52AM (#310899)
My first reaction was "no - gears has been out for ages"... but no, you're totally right.

Gears + Android might be an interesting play for Google as well. http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2008/03/power-up-you...

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Re:The Register slams OpenSocial, OpenID and Google Gears - ... by DougBTX on Monday September 22, 2008 @07:52AM (#311039)
Wasn't the sell for Gears originally offline apps? And now it is supported on a mobile phone... which has always-on internet access...
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Re:The Register slams OpenSocial, OpenID and Google Gears - ... by kylec on Monday September 22, 2008 @08:36AM (#311059)
This makes it even more useful. Bandwidth on a mobile phone isn't unlimited and it can be extremely slow loading.
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Re:The Register slams OpenSocial, OpenID and Google Gears - ... by alaskamiller on Monday September 22, 2008 @02:56AM (#310903)
I believe that is the grand plan.

GOOG is in an enviable position in that they experienced extreme rapid growth, amassed legions of brilliant people, and had a high margins to have billions in cash. I'm not in a rush to bet against this juggernaut and their singularity plans.

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