A Facebook mobile app as a thin client onto this will not be as easy or as powerful for users as a real mobile social network.

作为瘦客户端的Facebook移动app无法企及真实环境下移动社交网络所表现出的易用和强大。

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But cloud computing's potential doesn't begin and end with the personal computer's transformation into a thin client - the mobile platform is going to be heavily impacted by this technology as well.

但是云计算的潜力既不会起始于也不会终止于将个人电脑转变为精简型客户机(thin client) - - -移动平台也将深受这项技术的影响。

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At the same time thin client mobile devices such as tablet computers and smart phones are all the rage and are impacting sales of notebook computers.

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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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Ubuntu uniquely gives handset OEMs and mobile operators the ability to converge phone, PC and thin client into a single enterprise superphone.

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