Saturday, June 13, 2009

Mobile Web?s Future in Apps

(My Original Blog Post: http://ping.fm/cXyIz)
Perhaps you’ve heard about the new features of the iPhone 3G S since the announcement was made last Monday during the World Wide Developer Conference by Apple. What is the mobile web’s future in apps? Read on to find out.

The new Safari 4 has improved capabilities. Even though the features are not the sexiest, it still had great implications in mobile local searches. Your location will be reflected on the browser and so you can take advantage of the many opportunities for search sites available locally. The content and ads will depend on your precise location. Another cool thing about the Safari 4 is that you can launch a certain map within the window of the browser. In the previous browser, certain map links close up the browser and the Google Maps will open by default. Mobile sites instantly send away the users and most of them never return.

Such capabilities can have a huge impact on mobile searches. It can also affect web publishers who are planning to create mobile websites. Mobile products are now easily built without spending a lot of money and time on native application development. The new Safari 4 possesses features that were previously kept for native apps. Certain developers can now sidestep the native app development process in favor of web apps or the less resource-intensive mobile sites.

Apple now allows developers to use a ‘skin’ to make sure that web apps act like the native apps. The web app will reside on the standalone browser including the icon and the user’s ability to set it on the home screen. It will appear like native apps but in reality, it is an overvalued bookmark.

Mobile browsers will soon serve as the front door to mobile Web. Apps have taken over the ‘front door’ and this is all because of the commanding share of iPhone in the mobile internet traffic.

Apps are now the greatest access points to mobile content and it is continuously growing with the popularity of iPhones. Will such trend change in the future? Everything has downsides, including apps. The use of apps has declined over the years, said Pinch Media. App developers are also showing a declining interest in the jam-packed App Store.

The development of native apps can still be sustained by its benefits since they are highly functional as compared to web apps. This is very prominent in some high-end games and paid apps that depend on development muscles.

Mobile internet pages are now having desired functionality and a very good example is the enhancements of the Safari. Google has also developed most of the iPhone apps basically as web apps like Gmail, GTalk, and Latitude.

The facts mentioned above were mostly concerned with the iPhone. Perhaps in the near future, desktop browsers and mobile platforms will follow suit with broader HTML 5 capabilities and location-aware browsers.

Mobile gadgets are quite popular especially the iPhone. With more and more individuals taking interest in mobile gadgets to stay connected, developers of apps will surely want to create new features. Thanks to the modern technological advancements, it’s much easier to develop apps.

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