HTML is capable of anything, given the makers of browsers will it to be so. There's nothing inherently special about "native" technlogies, other than OS makers

HTML is capable of anything, given the makers of browsers will it to be so. There's nothing inherently special about "native" technlogies, other than OS makers tend to give new features to the platforms they own first. It doesn't have to be this way, but will probably remain so, because the leading OS makers (once Microsoft, now Apple) have the discretion to throttle the flow of new goodies into their web browsers, and it would seem they often do. Really, how else can you explain the fact that Safari in iOS 5 still lacks the ability to utilize the camera?