HTML5, iOS and the open web
on Oct 28, 2010 in HTML5 by Martin TylerA couple of quick links I picked up on this week..
Google has made updates to its mobile gmail, mentioned here – http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/gmail-in-mobile-safari-now-even-more.html
Mobile Gmail is a great example of a mobile web app that acts very much like a native app.
And on a related note, Robert Scoble’s interview of Starbucks CIO which I got to from Daring Fireball where John Gruber picked up on the approach Starbucks have taken. For them, they see more and more people using phones and iPads in their coffee shops, so they are building everything in HTML5. As Gruber points out, iOS is doing a great job for the open web.
I am Chief Software Architect at Caplin. I've been here basically from the start, over 13 years ago. I designed and developed the core of Caplin's technology stack, including Liberator and have worked on nearly all of Caplin's products in some capacity.

I noticed this poll today – http://lifehacker.com/5675283/do-you-prefer-mobile-browsing-or-dedicated-apps
At the time of posting this, it seems most people like native apps