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Originally Posted by ragnar View Post
As my personal opinions:

3. is not a good idea. It's been tried in the past several times and it always eventually fails. People want "the real website", not a slimmed down version. And then, nobody wants to develop and maintain two versions of a huge website. Of course this is not black and white. A good web site detects the browser that is being used and perhaps configures its offerings (UI etc.) to better suit that target device. But "own websites" - I don't think so. Perhaps iPhone will prove me long in the short term, but I think the Internet will prove the iPhone wrong in the long term. People want to access the real sites with the real content. Devices come and go, it is really unfeasible for developers to create custom versions for any device. Perhaps if one device would have 50% of market share, but otherwise not.

2. What would actually be a Facebook application? If not the Facebook site itself? (If not considering now the applications inside Facebook...) Or what would be a Myspace app?

And wouldn't it be obsolete once it is released? What happens when Myspace gains the next killer feature? Apps don't get new features automatically, but web sites and web services do.
the sad fact is, the internet is not designed for 800x480, and a slow processor/low memory situation. it is also not designed for fingers.

sidekick, for example, just launched a myspace app for their hardware. check the vid:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7jbjZ60KipI

its important because not only is it fast, but it integrated. youtube on iphone for example:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qObhmS8zX...elated&search=

google maps mobile on a motorola q:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=98NPPptZcqE


the important thing is, you can still use those sites like normal. BUT, if you have never learned to use programs like Google Maps Mobile, you wont understand why its so important. it just works that well.