At Rhomobile we are obviously believers that the way to interact with enterprise app data is with synced local data. Just like nobody does their email over a mobile browser, neither does anyone work with their business applications over a mobile browser: its all about local apps for either email or business apps. But at one time I thought for just reading information (browsing the New York Times, looking up topics on Wikipedia) good browsers like Safari on the iPhone were pretty good. I read news every morning on my iPhone. But a recent app puts that theory to shame. Hampton Catlin’s Wiki Mobile app, that was recently garnering over a thousand downloads a day, shows that even though read only browsing of content on smartphone browsers is pretty good, its not quite as good as a dedicated local app built for a specific site or content.
February 14th, 2009, gela Says:
I see two things that can cease the need for local applications: The invention of a thin, paper-like cell phone that unfolds into a small laptop screen and hologram (start war types) 3D communications. Until then local apps will thrive.
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