You can do both, even using the same code base. Check out this site/app for example: http://jsway.se
Going mobile: mobile website or app?
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Re: Going mobile: mobile website or app?
#12You can do both, even using the same code base. Check out this site/app for example: http://jsway.se
Are there likely to be the same lowest-common-denominator problems as you get with cross-platform development of console games, or those seen with Java apps like OpenOffice.org?
Re: Going mobile: mobile website or app?
#13I very much like the idea of producing webapps rather than iPhone apps in my business, and I think they could probably provide all the functionality I require. For me the catch is monetisation. With the App Store, this is clear: I release paid apps. With webapps... Advertising seems viable, except that my apps need to work offline (and may solely be used in that way), which as far as I know scuppers the advertising a…
The equivalent of an app store fee is a pay-wall to the application. It would probably drive away more customers than the equivalent app store fee, but I don't think it is defeating the point at all.
Offline access is a problem.