I think that is a problem of Android browsers that doesn't parse comment if connection slow.
I have rounded the problem whith a component knockout: knockout-repeat.js
<ul data-role="listview">
<li data-bind="repeat: { foreach: people, item: '$item' }" data-repeat-bind="text: $item().firstName">
</li>
</ul>
This is the result: http://jsfiddle.net/uUX9f/3/