So people are probably going to tell me this is a bad idea, but I\'d like to at least give it a go.
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:) yes, I'm one that'll tell u it is a "bad" idea. IMHO, given that Android apps are intended to run on mobiles where connectivity might be an issue or be lost temporarily, I claim each good app should have some degree of offline capabilities. So you'd implement some very basic sync mechanism - as for instance demonstrated with the SampleSyncAdapter - which synchronizes with the apps local SQLite db.
I think this is the best way to go (also for the user experience).