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06-15-2011, 08:17 AM | #62 |
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And what? These apps just magically connect to their respective IP addresses of bn.com and facebook?
It still needs some form of a browser to link to these sites. Last edited by boswd; 06-15-2011 at 08:19 AM. |
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06-15-2011, 09:43 AM | #63 |
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Perhaps you should take your own advice regarding posting about features you're not really familiar with? By the way, I'm not claiming that the nook doesn't use a browser as a basis for it's way of doing those things. I wouldn't be surprised. But your statement was wrong. Last edited by ApK; 06-15-2011 at 12:14 PM. |
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this what I found on wiki about an internet socket http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_socket Last edited by boswd; 06-15-2011 at 12:22 PM. |
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Even the text editor used for typing message wouldn't typically rate being called a 'word processor', nor would a custom storefront app qualify as 'browser' by any understanding of the term I can figure p.s. Remember 'browser' is shorthand for 'web browser.' B&N could feel free to call their book buying app 'The B&N Book Browser.' Of course in that sense, if someone asks if my Sony 350 has a browser, I could yes, it has me...I'm browsing through what's on it.... Last edited by ApK; 06-15-2011 at 12:34 PM. |
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So it's connecting to the internet, just in a limited capacity. |
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(Or, dating myself, Archie, Gopher....) A browser, conversely (or is it inversely) does not need to connect to the Internet at all. Web Browsers are often used only on local nets or even to read HTML help files and docs on a local machine. Their defining feature is rendering and navigating arbitrary HTML documents. Last edited by ApK; 06-15-2011 at 01:07 PM. |
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Gotcha, thanks, maybe we or just I is just mergering the two and thinking of it as one and the same. "Connecting to the internet web browser it's all the same." Thanks for clearing it up. |
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"Normal people" who grew up with the web or were only ever exposed to the Internet via a web browser, often make no distinction between 'the Internet' and 'the World Wide Web.'
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Clearly touch is a major issue and will be one of, if not The key determining factor when choosing between the Kindle and the Nook. Let's face it, based on look and feel, who's going to buy the K3 with that clunky keyboard over the swish new Nook Touch? I'm not in the market but I can see the appeal of the Nook (and the new Kobo for that matter). The K3 is a great device, but next to the new touch readers, it looks dated. Last edited by Rizla; 06-15-2011 at 10:00 PM. |
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