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And where would that be? I thought it was the U.S. which was backwards !! :) (and I live in Uruguay, South America).

That said, I'd love it if more of my apps worked offline with sync.

Where? I don't know, but according to the speed test I just ran on my Verizon iPhone 5 I have 30 mbps down and 12 mbs upstream plus 70ms response time. With that speed/latency combo, poor network connection quality and offline syncing just isn't a problem that needs to be solved.

I was agreeing with you, I just was saying that it was the U.S. which often lagged in cell phone standards adoption, so if the U.S. has great conectivity, and even South America has good connections (I have a slower connection but it's at least 1 mbps, more than enough for a CRUD app !!! ), where do they need that cache? Africa? And I've read that they have pretty decent cellphone infrastructure there, having bypassed landlines entirely, so maybe not even there.

Summary: with good cellphone connections everywhere, one of the points is not as strong. There still are dead spots, but enough to warrant the extra complexity of sync?

Good points.

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