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Smartphone Web Apps: No Network – No Productivity

Posted by Rich Chuckrey in Shorts

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TechMiso - Smartphone Web Apps: No Network - No ProductivityEven our gracefully fast cellular internet connections in Japan still present one significant roadblock to accessing data through web-based applications: No network – No productivity.

Can a web-app ever replace a native smartphone app? Not likely without significant enhancements in cellular and Wi-Fi infrastructure.

Take Google Apps for example. We all know that Google is a heavy pusher of their web-based applications. With tools like Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and that OS-killing Chrome, Google in fact does a great job rolling out it’s web app offerings.

Unfortunately though, Google has a hard time pushing the majority of its web apps without a continuously live internet connection.

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