The web-as-app approach doesn't work particularly well when you're trying to deliver a rich and smooth experience, especially on mobile.
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Ultimately the web-as-app approach doesn't work particularly well when you're trying to deliver a rich and smooth experience, especially on mobile.
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Compared with an HTML5 mobile app, which can be developed once and run on many different platforms, a native app approach can be significantly more expensive, since these apps must be developed platform-by-platform.
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On the contrary: some of the above shortcomings can be addressed through a hybrid app approach, in which significant parts of an app are written in Web technology, but with aspects of native code in an HTML5 wrapper.
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"What we might see at WWDC is Apple opening up the app economy approach they've had with the iPhone and iPad to the Apple TV, " Gartner analyst Michael McGuire told Wired.
Truth be told, we wish more app makers would give this approach a try.
The other is an app-based cloud transaction approach.
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This could, in fact, be an opportunity for the company to adopt a more open approach to its app ecosystem (similar to what Adobe is attempting with their new HLML 5 tools) that will continue to engage both power-users and the masses.
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But adopting a tablet first approach will make it much easier for you to convince your boss to have a broader approach than launching an iPhone app.
The new free iPhone app offers a no-frill, commonsensical approach to personal change.
Starbucks was one of the bandleaders in mobile payments, and their app still exemplifies the intelligent simplicity of their approach.
The team over at app search engine startup Quixey took an unconventional approach and hired set designers from local theater company Guggenheim Entertainment to outfit their office.
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Because of Apple's "walled garden" approach, the software available on its App Store is relatively protected from government-sponsored malware, in contrast to the Android operating system.
This approach aligns with the unbundling suggested by App.
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Color, a new photo-sharing app for iPhones and Android, is generating lots of buzz because of its revolutionary approach to social networking.
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Using a Bluetooth daughter card in the lock mechanism, a couple Bluetooth antennas and a clever app this lock opens by simply touching a finger to the outside of the housing when you approach the door.
Preferred by 8 out of 10 video chat users, ooVoo uses a cloud-based approach for more stability and a better picture quality than other services. ooVoo is a top 100 App in more than 130 countries worldwide.
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