At the moment we have two visions, apparently conflicting, on future of mobile applications. Will mobile applications be written in the native language of the platform, or they will be platform-independent and browser-based? The discussion is still open and there is no clear answer.

Google, Apple: Two Mobile Software Visions is the title of a BusinessWeek article. TechCrunh reports “Google Says Mobile Web Apps Will Win In The Long Haul“, via the FT article App stores are not the future, says Google.

In June 2009 Comscore press release says, “..the mobile browser is the leading access method for seeking local information..However, the strongest growth in the category is coming from downloaded applications.”

The two visions are not complementary when the Web becomes the platform as in Google Chrome OS. What it is certain is that at the moment the App store is very popular and all the players in the mobile domain are or are going to have one.  But for the future, I tend to agree with the Google’s view and I believe that that browser-based apps will have the largest share of the market.

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