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iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK
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writes "Apple has been running an iPhone ad saying 'all parts of the internet are on the iPhone', but it had to be withdrawn after Britain's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it gave 'a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone' because the iPhone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?"
but not in the pleasant way one would think.
why do supposedly intelligent fellow overhype a clumsy device?
Smile, don't click...
And they should require that all websites be submitted in frontpage format to government authorities.
P.S. Slashdot sucks.
You're modded funny, but this IS another valid reason it's false advertising. If they want to decide what runs on the phone, they really can't claim it supports the whole internet. You can't have it both ways.
O.K., be serious for a minute. 99.9% of the population don't know what Gopher is, let alone expect it to be on the iPhone. For vast majority of the population, e-mail & web browser is what the internet is. The purpose of an ad is to get you to look into the product, where you can then find out more info. Apple doesn't make any specific claims that it can run Flash, Java, Silverlight, RealMedia, or hundreds of other minor web plug-ins. It will do what most people want it to do. The U.K. Government needs to take a pill & relax.
Taking guns away from the 99% gives the 1% 100% of the power.
Who the fuck are modding this insightful? I know /. is full of apple fanbois, but come on, this is getting really low now!