And using criteria of the security-focused education group SANS to gauge offlineapplications, the study found that 18% of government apps passed, compared with 28% of finance industry apps and 34% of commercial software.
The public beta it announced was for a Web-oriented machine capable of running complex applications on- and offline, which it says can manage multiple users with security and privacy, is automatically updated for speed and security, and has both a WiFi and 3G connection (by working with Verizon).
Qualcomm recently unveiled a platform and software development kit that allows developers to build new applications that bring online and offline worlds together.