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iPhone Web Claims Draw Governmental Rebuke in UK

Posted by timothy on from the zoolander-bit dept.

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writes "Apple has been running an iPhone ad saying 'all parts of the internet are on the iPhone', but it had to be withdrawn after Britain's Advertising Standards Authority ruled that it gave 'a misleading impression of the internet capabilities of the iPhone' because the iPhone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?"

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  1. Confusion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The ad repeatedly says you can get the whole 'internet', not just the web.

    Apple, I want gopher dammit!

  2. what? by bigmaddog · · Score: 4, Funny
    1. Apple makes a bogus/oversimplified claim in ad.
    2. Gov't says "stop bsing in your ads."
    3. Poster asks "should gov't regulate look & feel of the web?"

    Holy non sequitur batman!

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    Even as you read this, your pants are strangling your loins! Aaa!

  3. Archie, gopher, WAIS by theurge14 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The iPhone App store better get cracking on those Archie, Gopher and WAIS clients.

  4. Re:Somewhere, a bridge is missing its troll... by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 4, Funny

    OK, it's up.