Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> > I'd say its number one use is for embedded systems, which typically have 
> > a very limited interface to the outside world.

> I would have to disagree. I think google has a much more limited interface 
> to the outside world than a set top box or an iPhone does, in the sense that 
> you're talking.

> The iPhone has half a dozen pieces of custom hardware. Set top boxes talk to 
> tuners, hardware decoders, etc. Google? They just talk TCP and disk files.

  I think the iPhone blurs the distinction between "embedded system" and
just portable computer.

  How do you define "embedded system"? I'd say the iPhone is more a portable
computer. It's very small in physical size, but that alone doesn't make it
"embedded".

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