Why native mobile apps beat HTML5 mobile apps

There's been a big debate in the media over whether HTML5 or native apps will win on the tablet. The answer is clear to me: Native apps will. Why? Because they can do more, and they can better take advantage of the touch and other native capabilities of the iPad.

In my everyday work, I find that I use mainly native apps on my iPad, even when a website is available (such as Twitter, YouTube, various news sites, Dropbox and Box.net, and several of my banking services). The Web "apps" I use tend to be cloud services that both run decently in the iPad's browser and have no equally capable app available. The Concur travel management system is an example, as is Adobe's SiteCatalyst Web analytics tool and U.S. Bank's banking site.

As someone who uses a tablet several hours a day, as well as a smartphone and computer, I can tell you from experience that apps based on HTML and AJAX have real deficits due to their technology that limit when they can be used successfully on mobile devices.

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