iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK 517
Wills writes "Apple has been running an iPhone ad saying 'all parts of the internet are on the iPhone', but it had to be withdrawn after Britain's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it gave 'a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone' because the iPhone cannot access Flash or Java – features that are essential to some websites. This raises an interesting issue of where do you draw the line between essential and non-essential features of websites. What should the web look like? Should government authorities be the ones making that decision?"
Confusion (Score:5, Funny)
The ad repeatedly says you can get the whole 'internet', not just the web.
Apple, I want gopher dammit!
Who misses flash? (Score:2, Funny)
"the iPhone cannot access Flash or Java - features that are essential to some horribly designed websites."
Fixed.
what? (Score:5, Funny)
Holy non sequitur batman!
Archie, gopher, WAIS (Score:5, Funny)
The iPhone App store better get cracking on those Archie, Gopher and WAIS clients.
Re:Should we leave it up to the government? (Score:4, Funny)
> "I have here a coffee mug. It gets all of the internet [for my particular definition of all of the internet]".
I'll bet your coffee mug runs Java, though, something the iPhone can't do.
Re:the web != the Internet (Score:2, Funny)
the web != the Internet
Remind me again which one was for porn?
Re:Somewhere, a bridge is missing its troll... (Score:5, Funny)
OK, it's up [homestarrunner.com].
Re:How the web should look like? (Score:1, Funny)
News Headline: Microsoft Windows update website fails to load in LYNX, NATO to invade Redmond!
Re:Confusion (Score:3, Funny)
Re:False advertising (Score:3, Funny)
Re:iphone sucks (Score:0, Funny)
Apple redefined mobile web and the consumer web itself
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Jesus Pontificating Christ - can't all you Apple Fanbois go be gay together on some other web site?
The iPhone is a poorly designed, vastly overpriced peice of crap as a portable web browsing appliance. At least with 3G it's not a dog-slow poorly designed, vastly overpriced peice of crap, but that's hardly anything to cream your jeans over.
Re:Confusion (Score:3, Funny)