And of course, users must download and install most native mobile apps in order to run them on their device.
Native mobile apps are on the way but for now the service is accessible via smartphones and on iOS image capture is handled correctly.
For Twitter to be able to keep the navigational container of its mobile apps native and fast, but to have instantly updatable HTML 5 modules and JavaScript libraries embedded within, is a great model for a platform that can test and deploy these elements with a minimal disruption to users.
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Whether the rise of HTML5 will lead mobile users to start spending more time with their browsers than native apps remains to be seen -- but for many mobile users, and for many apps, that distinction may start to become irrelevant.
Yet just as Facebook is getting its act together on mobile, it faces a competitive headache over the next year or two from increasingly popular and native-to-mobile messaging apps.
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While all the sites appear the same whether in full or mobile format, the native apps running on them are dramatically different.
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This subtle war between native apps and web-based mobile search that has significant implications for revenue models of the large tech firms and indicates another area in which Apple could be disruptive, particularly as more people access the internet via a mobile device.
As a result of the close collaboration with Twitter, the Ooyala solution has been certified by Twitter, meaning customers can quickly and easily integrate and distribute video content directly into their streams across all platforms -- including desktop, mobile web and native smartphone and tablet apps for both iOS and Android -- and trust that the player will work seamlessly within Twitter.
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Like the early days of web applications, a thin (HTML-5 mobile web) versus thick (native device apps) argument has ensued.
The App Internet means native (or hybrid HTML5) apps on mobile and desktop devices that use the Internet to get services.
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In searching for mobile solutions that will boost productivity, businesses should be looking for native apps that instantly respond to a user requests for information, and leverage the unique features and functionality of mobile phones and tablets.
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Combine these offline capabilities with device APIs that allow web apps to access hardware features like cameras, battery level, microphone, etc and Mozilla could effectively break down the barriers not only between HTML5 and native apps, but between high-end mobile devices and low.
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This is especially true if you are mobile first, as the approval processes for native apps are trickier than the continuous deployment of the desktop world.
However, many view the language as a "work in progress" when it comes to mobile and believe that for the time being native apps - those coded for a specific platform - offer advantages.
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In any case, what you should remember is that mobile is not only about choosing between web and native apps.
This matter of making web apps and native apps work together is a very important topic in mobile development, and Polar handles it with finesse.
In the present era of mobile devices the same scenario has been played out between HTML5 and native apps like iOS and Android.
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Twitter has been making a push for expanded tweets in mobile, and there's now some very strong indications that its native apps' tweets will get extra-stuffed in the near future.
"Native apps provide us primary benefits, " said Kiran Prasad, LinkedIn's senior director of engineering, mobile.
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