Comments on: So, Google: App Store or Web? Or Both? http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/ Fri, 18 May 2012 16:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Web v Mobile Web v Apps. Or Not? | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-1546 Web v Mobile Web v Apps. Or Not? | Volker on Mobile Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:50:02 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-1546 [...] in summer last year (when there was a whole lot less rain), I looked at comparing the mobile web to mobile apps. There is quite a discussion raging on which it will be. The Church of Jobs raving on about their [...] [...] in summer last year (when there was a whole lot less rain), I looked at comparing the mobile web to mobile apps. There is quite a discussion raging on which it will be. The Church of Jobs raving on about their [...]

]]> By: In reply to @scottjenson: Web or Apps? | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-1520 In reply to @scottjenson: Web or Apps? | Volker on Mobile Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:13:14 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-1520 [...] see – if anything – changed since I posted about this (for the record: here’s the first post from 2009 and the second one from 2010). Where has the battlefield moved to in the [...] [...] see – if anything – changed since I posted about this (for the record: here’s the first post from 2009 and the second one from 2010). Where has the battlefield moved to in the [...]

]]> By: Play Videos http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-1506 Play Videos Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:24:00 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-1506 Daher kam der Frankfurter Designkritiker Volker Fischer schnell auf die Idee zur ersten i-Kult-Ausstellung weltweit im Frankfurter Museum für Angewandte Kunst. Eine Schau strombetriebener Gerätschaften des digitalen Zeitalters, die in ihrer technischen ... Daher kam der Frankfurter Designkritiker Volker Fischer schnell auf die Idee zur ersten i-Kult-Ausstellung weltweit im Frankfurter Museum für Angewandte Kunst. Eine Schau strombetriebener Gerätschaften des digitalen Zeitalters, die in ihrer technischen …

]]> By: montessori gold coast http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-1504 montessori gold coast Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:20:00 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-1504 That's the reason you won't find an Amazon MP3 store app for iPhone, unlike Android and BlackBerry. UK store 7digital has found another way on to iOS devices though: a new HTML5 mobile Web version. We've been trying it out today, and while the mobile That’s the reason you won’t find an Amazon MP3 store app for iPhone, unlike Android and BlackBerry. UK store 7digital has found another way on to iOS devices though: a new HTML5 mobile Web version. We’ve been trying it out today, and while the mobile

]]> By: Spotify Mobile: 3UK bundles with HTC Hero | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Spotify Mobile: 3UK bundles with HTC Hero | Volker on Mobile Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:42:21 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-178 [...] one little thing on the side: it is – again – an app and not the mobile web that they choose – in spite of bandwidth apparently not being an issue at all. It is thus [...] [...] one little thing on the side: it is – again – an app and not the mobile web that they choose – in spite of bandwidth apparently not being an issue at all. It is thus [...]

]]> By: More Fragmentation: Android & Motorola’s Motoblur | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-168 More Fragmentation: Android & Motorola’s Motoblur | Volker on Mobile Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:38:18 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-168 [...] for a quick advancement of HTML5 with Gears and all, so that one won’t need apps after all. The issue of connectivity and usability, etc would of course still be there. Such despair… Categories: 1 Tags: android, [...] [...] for a quick advancement of HTML5 with Gears and all, so that one won’t need apps after all. The issue of connectivity and usability, etc would of course still be there. Such despair… Categories: 1 Tags: android, [...]

]]> By: jahonen http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-236 jahonen Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:45:55 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-236 A point I haven't seen often talked about (clearly at least) is that web-based apps have another major flaw over standalone apps (also the problem with ASPs). What if I don't have access to the web (where the application and in the worst case the files are) when I really need it? On a plane, when travelling abroad etc?.<br><br>This is the major flaw that I see in web-based applications. They need to have "offline-mode" as well, which as it seems, very few do until a few years down the line and adoption. Don't get me wrong, there will propably be a large boom in web-based apps (already being seen I guess), but there's a lot of limitations there as well especially for business use. As a consumer service I see more potential.<br><br>- Jarkko A point I haven't seen often talked about (clearly at least) is that web-based apps have another major flaw over standalone apps (also the problem with ASPs). What if I don't have access to the web (where the application and in the worst case the files are) when I really need it? On a plane, when travelling abroad etc?.

This is the major flaw that I see in web-based applications. They need to have “offline-mode” as well, which as it seems, very few do until a few years down the line and adoption. Don't get me wrong, there will propably be a large boom in web-based apps (already being seen I guess), but there's a lot of limitations there as well especially for business use. As a consumer service I see more potential.

- Jarkko

]]> By: cranstone http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-237 cranstone Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:29:38 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-237 Great post. We're getting ready to release a free product that extends web services to mobile and helps overcome a lot of the issues you mention above.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Peter Great post. We're getting ready to release a free product that extends web services to mobile and helps overcome a lot of the issues you mention above.

Cheers,

Peter

]]> By: jahonen http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-110 jahonen Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:45:55 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-110 A point I haven't seen often talked about (clearly at least) is that web-based apps have another major flaw over standalone apps (also the problem with ASPs). What if I don't have access to the web (where the application and in the worst case the files are) when I really need it? On a plane, when travelling abroad etc?.<br><br>This is the major flaw that I see in web-based applications. They need to have "offline-mode" as well, which as it seems, very few do until a few years down the line and adoption. Don't get me wrong, there will propably be a large boom in web-based apps (already being seen I guess), but there's a lot of limitations there as well especially for business use. As a consumer service I see more potential.<br><br>- Jarkko A point I haven't seen often talked about (clearly at least) is that web-based apps have another major flaw over standalone apps (also the problem with ASPs). What if I don't have access to the web (where the application and in the worst case the files are) when I really need it? On a plane, when travelling abroad etc?.

This is the major flaw that I see in web-based applications. They need to have “offline-mode” as well, which as it seems, very few do until a few years down the line and adoption. Don't get me wrong, there will propably be a large boom in web-based apps (already being seen I guess), but there's a lot of limitations there as well especially for business use. As a consumer service I see more potential.

- Jarkko

]]> By: cranstone http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-109 cranstone Thu, 06 Aug 2009 16:29:38 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-109 Great post. We're getting ready to release a free product that extends web services to mobile and helps overcome a lot of the issues you mention above.<br><br>Cheers,<br><br>Peter Great post. We're getting ready to release a free product that extends web services to mobile and helps overcome a lot of the issues you mention above.

Cheers,

Peter

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