"HTML5 will never be as capabable as native..." I think its very possible to imagine a world where HTML5 can be just as good as native. It comes down to two th

"HTML5 will never be as capabable as native..." I think its very possible to imagine a world where HTML5 can be just as good as native. It comes down to two things: 1) HTML5 needs more JavaScript APIs to access hardware like camera, contacts, etc. It's is not very difficult to imagine HTML6 (if you will) supporting this in much the same way that it supports geolocation today. 2) Improved JavaScript performance. It's common knowledge that the embedded web views on iOS are much less capable than Safari. There's no reason to think this would continue forever. Furthermore, better JavaScript performance makes things like image progressing, music recognition possible. Right now, you are absolutely correct that HTML5 is not as capable as native. No argument there. But, this gap narrows as time goes on. I firmly believe the opposite of you; we will eventually see a time when web-based applications rival native apps in terms of power and functionality. You can already do some awesome image processing stuff using canvas and JavaScript. This is only the beginning...