Actually not one went native after trying out phonegap. It would be interesting if you could elaborate more about the reasons for "giant influx of good apps". N

Actually not one went native after trying out phonegap. It would be interesting if you could elaborate more about the reasons for "giant influx of good apps". Not coding for one platform cannot be a reasonf for that, even the opposite. Cross-platform apps are usually aliens on all supported platforms. Open standards and no walled garden do not imply the quality in any way. For infrascturcure things, sure. For apps… I cannot come up with one example where open source (desktop) app is better than commercial alternative.