AMD joins MeeGo

Posted Nov 16, 2010 1:12 UTC (Tue) by cmccabe (guest, #60281)
In reply to: AMD joins MeeGo by martinfick
Parent article: AMD joins MeeGo

> With a webserver and browser, who needs apps?

HTML5 doesn't provide an API to use a lot of the hardware on a modern tablet device. Anyone who wants to use the camera, accelerometers, multitouch, microphone, and probably a lot of other hardware, needs to write a native app.

Maybe someday, years from now, there will be a version of HTML that provides these capabilities. Then again, maybe not. It doesn't really matter because the mobile OS war is going to be fought and won before any of that matters.

AMD joins MeeGo

Posted Nov 16, 2010 1:52 UTC (Tue) by martinfick (subscriber, #4455) [Link]

Sure it does, it's called a browser. Most of those things are just input devices. The important use case are already covered either by the browser or the default system app for those things. Sure, there will be niche areas which require apps just as there will always be niche devices. I am not claiming that apps won't exist, just that they aren't needed on a simple tablet. A large portion of people (perhaps even a majority) will never install a single app on these lower end devices. Apps simply aren't a differentiator when comparing a $100 device to a $500 one (for the person buying the $100 one).

AMD joins MeeGo

Posted Nov 16, 2010 8:18 UTC (Tue) by mfedyk (guest, #55303) [Link]

see phonegap for a solution until the native api makes it into the browser.