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Originally Posted by qwazix View Post
Why just not create another website with the same database connection and more portable design? Why do we need an app for everything? Handhelds should be the first that adopt the remote computing idea. It trades connection speed for processing power, I know and both are limited and energy-expensive on a handheld, but I'd rather outsource the computing.
See I read you here - about creating a mobile website - but sadly "mobile websites" means iPhone based websites these days and they only work on browsers which have the iPhone header in it.

Also sometimes even on a normal mobile website the design such. Like for my Bank of America website (normal mobile site - not the iPhone site) - the button is so close to another link you invariably hit the link when trying to click the biutton ... and there are at least 4 screens to go thru before you get to the accounts page ... poor design.

But then of course if the same company designs an app - maybe that will be pooorly designed too.

What is ideal for say my train company to implement is provide the data via an API or something - or XML so that even 3rd party developers can write apps for such sites. Cause its is not always feasible to ask each company to design a mobile applivcation for each device.
 

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