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2010-01-27 , 23:42
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#173
Originally Posted by Thor View Post
Why not use a website on a higher resolution laptop ?
A netbook is a lot cheaper... if you're sitting at home, your computer, phone and netbook will all have access to wifi.
Sometimes a dedicated app will give a better end user experience than a website (particularly on a fairly low powered device)*. Content providers may prefer to offer an application over a web site for various reasons, not least control and/or financial. If they offer a tailor made iPad application they can design it for touch control, pinching etc.

I'm not suggesting it's what I would want, but it's where this may be heading.

* I personally wish Ovi Store was a dedicated Maemo application rather than being browser based. Navigating Ovi Store is a pain - sometimes there is no way to navigate back up through the hierarchy which is just bad design - but it's also very slow, and I don't think it will scale well as more apps are added.