At Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:30:16 -0800,
Narayanan, Vidya wrote:
> 
> > 
> > I don't think that people are doing that. Rather, I think 
> > that people are questioning whether it's important to have 
> > devices with extremely limited capabilities be able to act as peers.
> > 
> 
> Let's define "extremely limited capabilities" for everyone's benefit
> here.  In my view, an unplugged laptop on a wireless link does not
> fit that definition, but, following some of the other emails here,
> it looks like some might put such laptops into this category.  OTOH,
> a wireless audio out device similar to a Bluetooth headset does fit
> that category.  Cellular phones vary widely in capabilities - they
> cannot all be taken as low capability devices.  High range phones
> are more comparable to low range PCs.  The mid-range phones are
> probably somewhere in between - depending on the overlay and their
> connectivity and power conditions, they may have limited
> capabilities or enough to function as a peer.

I mostly agree with this classification.

-Ekr
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