When the Iphone came out last year people whined and moaned because there was no third-party native application support or capability on the iPhone. Now that there is, I realize why Apple chose to push developers to go the webapp route for applications instead of using a native application.
At first you might believe that it was about application security and keeping the device virus-free since it is running an almost full version of safari.
But it's actually about connectivity! Because webapps are inherently connected to the Internet, they make it easier for developers to design information-rich applications that not only present a current view of things, but they also enable file storage and processing-intensive database queries and formatting to occur on the server side. This leaves the processor free for the webapp interface to handle the presentation of that information. And what a beautiful presentation it is.
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