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1. Native Mobile or HTML5
HTML5 the new standard for HTML that allows developers for structuring and presenting content
for the World Wide Web and a core technology of the Internet.Considered to be the "logical
evaluation of HTML" HTML5 extends it's support for the latest multimedia while keeping it easily
readable by humans and consistently understood by computers and devices (web browsers, parsers,
etc.).
Native Mobile Apps on the other hand are Typical Mobile Apps that are intended to work on a
specific mobile os like ANDROID or iOS,with the advent of Android in the recent times,many
companies are targetting their app development towards Android and other Mobile OSs.
Recently “Linkedin” the most popular professional social networking site these days, raised the
argument once more by releasing a Native App avoiding the web based HTML5 for mobile.Stating
the reason for the shift a Senior Director of Linkedin says,“We have definitely shifted from
HTML5 to native. The primary reason for that is, we’re seeing that more and more people are
spending more time in the app, and the app is running out of memory. It’s not performance issues,
like speed or rendering, but it’s still a big problem.”Facebook CEO last year had done the same kind
of comment last year by saying that they are “Betting too much on HTML5”
Here raised the real heat of the competition between HTML5 and Native Apps,so what is the real
target for the developers to aim for?Is it The “HTML5” or “Native Apps” or a combination of both
(that can be termed as Hybrid)?To understand and draw a conclusion we need a slight comparision
over the two
 Where as HTML5 stands for Open standards and there is no Proprietary control on the apps
developed by HTML5, it's counter part the Native Apps for mobile are fully controlled by
Appstores and Markets like GOOGLE and APPLE(example:GOOGLE's “APP STORE” for
Android Apps and APPLE's “PLAY STORE” for iOS).This may distrub the open source
philosophy of the many apps
 As of Now HTML5 apps are less in performance when compared with the native apps,as
their performance may depend on several issues like speed of the internet connection and
other issues.
 Compared to HTML5 executions Native apps are better in performance,as they can directly
work on the function of the device itself,for example Camera,GPS etc can be directly
invoked by the Native Apps.
 Unlike Native Apps which are provided with one time purchase options,HTML5 apps are
mostly concerend towards ADS for selling,(these apps are mostly free)
 When compared to Native Apps,the User Interfaces(UI) build through HTML5 are weaker
and less intuitive for some app deployments
 Unlike it's counterpart HTML5 has been often criticised for not having the required level
of DRM (Digital Rights Management),for supporting all the mutlimedia services that it
needs to.

2. So from these points we may observe that each of the apps build through HTML5 and Native
Apps.Some may say that Native Apps are more powerful when compared to HTML5 because of
their performance,but it's too early to comment as HTML5 is still in a evolving phase.So it is only
one factor as of now,that is only Time can decide on it. So as a Developer what's your take on the
Apps?The Web Based HTML5 or Mobile Based Native Apps or a combination of both
approach?We would love to hear from you