Like the early days of web applications, a thin (HTML-5 mobile web) versus thick (native device apps) argument has ensued.

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Linked to a digital network, this thin, gray device promises moves the champ can't yet match -- high-speed Web browsing, phone calls, shopping and games (once such things are available).

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Even with the growth of thin client mobile devices such as tablet computers and smart phones and the use of content only borrowed from the web rather than copied our total storage requirements are growing.

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