An interesting post on experiences by two experienced programmers on building a native iPhone app is reinforcing my anti-iPhone-app tendency. With the arrival of the iPad this question of building a native app will probably come up more often. It seems that investing time in HTML 5 and building in a cross-device/cross-platform standards based approach for projects is the way to go — despite the usual hype surrounding anything Apple. You will end up with a application that runs on multiple devices and is better positioned for future growth, rather than locked into a vendor-specific platform.
Dr Dobbs – The iPhone Isn’t Easy
With more than 20 years of software development under his belt, Ray Floyd was ready to tackle the next great platform, Apple’s iPhone….Two months later, he was still waiting, and his enthusiasm had largely
changed to exasperation.
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