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/ Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:10:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 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

]]> By: Profile Profit – Social Media Management, Free Mobile Applications and Information » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Mobilists #184 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Profile Profit – Social Media Management, Free Mobile Applications and Information » Blog Archive » Carnival of the Mobilists #184 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 01:37:19 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-107 [...] upon the dilemma and pain points around developing for mobile app stores versus the mobile web in So, Google: App Store or Web? Or Both?. “Whenever possible, services will move online because it is cheaper to produce. Whenever [...] [...] upon the dilemma and pain points around developing for mobile app stores versus the mobile web in So, Google: App Store or Web? Or Both?. “Whenever possible, services will move online because it is cheaper to produce. Whenever [...]

]]> By: Carnival of the Mobilists # 184 | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Carnival of the Mobilists # 184 | Volker on Mobile Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:38:56 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-105 [...] around the mobile web: they have included my look at the conundrum (if it is indeed that!) between web and apps when it comes to discovering and using mobile media, they highlight posts on smart mobs helped [...] [...] around the mobile web: they have included my look at the conundrum (if it is indeed that!) between web and apps when it comes to discovering and using mobile media, they highlight posts on smart mobs helped [...]

]]> By: Mobile App Market worth $25 bn by 2014!? | Volker on Mobile http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/comment-page-1/#comment-97 Mobile App Market worth $25 bn by 2014!? | Volker on Mobile Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:34:24 +0000 http://vhirsch.com/blog/2009/07/21/so-google-app-store-or-web-or-both/#comment-97 [...] which it then varies equally regularly with new 5-year forecasts. So following on from the app vs web debate, Juniper rides to the rescue of the app world with its latest (well, not so fresh anymore really), [...] [...] which it then varies equally regularly with new 5-year forecasts. So following on from the app vs web debate, Juniper rides to the rescue of the app world with its latest (well, not so fresh anymore really), [...]

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