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IPhone/Andriod/WebOS App or a mobile website?
I'm developing a service that is targeted for mobile devices. I haven't done much mobile dev since J2ME and the Andriod emulator and I haven't done any mobile website development, so I don't know exactly what the pros and cons are.
What are the reasons why I would want platform specific apps over a mobile webapp? What functionality would I want in my webapp that I couldn't get at from a browser?
I like the approach of http://iqmobilesearch.com/ but my project is slightly more complicated.
- dave1619 16y agoThe advantage of an iPhone/Android/WebOS app is the marketing that you gain if you're high in the rankings for your category. Also, having your app as a native app on a user's phone give them more felt "ownership" of the app and the content. Generally native apps feel faster because you can speed up loading of pages through native controls and assets.
- Concours 16y agoI prefer the approach of mobile webapps, I just set my webapp http://www.gmbhnews.com http://www.gmbhnews.com , over native apps, I have a broader reach (all smartphones) , and I can still create native apps later, I can also SEO my mobile webapp and have less competition than on Android/Webos/iphone, + developp one time and update one time for all platforms.
- djb_hackernews 16y agoI really like it. Do you have any resources for learning you mind throwing my way if I decide to go the mobile webapp route?
- Concours 16y agosure: http://code.google.com/p/iui/ http://code.google.com/p/iui/ http://jqtouch.com/ http://jqtouch.com/ for the front end, and any server side language (php/ruby...etc)