Echo JS 0.11.0

Is it just me or is the resolve example a bit weird. 

Setting the result of the promise as an instance property on the service seems wrong. What if there are multiple calls with  different arguments to the service method from different controllers?

There are more standard approaches here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11972026/delaying-angularjs-route-change-until-model-loaded-to-prevent-flicker