Thread: Kobo's sticking it to to Apple.
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Old 07-26-2011, 05:23 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by murraypaul View Post
What processing? If it is just selling books, Amazon seem to be managing that just fine without the power of HTML5.
If it is reading, I'm back to saying that a web-browser seems like a sucky user experience for an ebook reader, and what does it provide that you can't do now?
I agree to an extent, but considering how much I disliked Kobo's native app it should be much harder for Kobo to develop a HTML5 app that just as bad/good as the native app.

If done right, I don't think the user will notice much of a difference, except a more fluid experience.

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Hyperbolic much?
Firstly Kobo haven't done anything, they've just made an announcement. Secondly this is hardly anything new. You know how you cant use Flash in an iOS browser? There are sites that provide that functionality through redirects, Apple don't seem to have collapsed yet.
Kobo is not the only company doing so FT has delivered and FB(Facebook) is in investigation. So if enough people buy it it's starts to snowball.

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Facebook using HTML5 to get around Apple, Google for mobile apps?
Facebook is reportedly in talks with developers about selling apps and games directly through its mobile browser in an effort to allow it to bypass app stores and the 30 percent revenue cut it gets, according to a new report from Bloomberg.(link)
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