Apple To Phase Out Native Apple Store App in Favor of a Mobile Web App in 2012?

News | Sunday August 14 2011 2:56 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

that works in mobile Safari for iPhone , iPad and iPod Touch.
“proven source”, Apple is planning to launch the mobile web app in 2012, which will make it simpler and more easily accessible for users compared to the native iOS app.
Over the past months, we have observed Apple gradually shelving and re-touching a project to replace the native Apple Store application with a mobile web version of the Apple Online Store. Now it appears that Apple is (more…)

iOS 5 Beta 2 Brings Native-Style Momentum Scrolling To Web Apps

News | Tuesday June 21 2011 8:32 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

Apple keeps adding new functionality to Mobile Safari.
, find text on the web page, the
to improve performance were all added to mobile Safari in previous releases of iOS.
Apart from features which appeal directly to users Apple also supports new APIs and CSS properties to enable web developers to make good quality web apps.
, which was
, finally brings native-style momentum scrolling to iPhone web apps.
In the whole debate of native versus (more…)

Google Releases Native iPhone App For Google Latitude

News | Saturday December 11 2010 12:31 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , ,

Google has finally released a native iPhone app for Google Latitude.
feature in Google Maps back in February 2009 that allowed users to share their location with their friends and family. Google had released
and not a native iPhone app. At that time, Google had highlighted that they had to release the feature as a web app due to limitations imposed by Apple on third party
.
It is good to see that Google and Apple have settled their differences (more…)

TetherMe – Jailbreak App Enables Native Tethering On Your iPhone

News | Monday August 9 2010 10:59 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , ,

The process of tethering allows your laptop to use your iPhone 's data connection to surf the internet.
TetherMe dynamically enables native tethering for iOS 3.x and iOS 4.x+ devices. This should work on any carrier without the need for customized bundles or preferences.
TetherMe also bypasses signature checking and allows you to edit your carrier bundle manually if you so desire. This is required to enable MMS functionality on T-Mobile. TetherMe (more…)

YouTube Launches New Mobile Site; Much Better Than Native iPhone App

News | Friday July 2 2010 12:16 PM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , ,

The load time and quality of videos on the web app are comprehensively better than those experienced on the iPhone 's native mobile app. According to Doronichev, this is because the
The new web application includes a lot of new HTML5 features including the video tag. This makes the application accessible from any present-day HTML5 compliant web browser including those present on Apple and Android handsets
The new UI is enhanced with features (more…)

Apple Wants Native Maps Get To “Next Level” – Does That Mean Parting Ways With Google?

News | Monday November 30 2009 6:39 AM | Comments (0) Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

If these were any indications of Apple choosing to part ways with Google and build a much more robust mapping application on their own, it has become increasingly clear today with an innocuous job posting at the Apple website.
The job post for the position of software engineer specifically emphasizes on the company's vision for their native maps application. The posting on the company's website reads
“We want to take Maps to the next level, (more…)

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