I think the fact that both Apple and Microsoft have come out heavily in favor of HTML5 has been a big factor:
http://gigaom.com/2011/07/22/the-htm...s-coming-fast/
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More than 2.1 billion mobile devices will have HTML5 browsers by 2016, up from just 109 million in 2010, according to a new report by ABI Research. Much of this growth will be thanks to Apple’s massive support for the HTML5 platform, according to the study.
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http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/30/m...-web-is-html5/
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Hachamovitch describes HTML5 as "the future of the web," praising it for allowing content to be played without the need for plug-ins and with native hardware acceleration (in both Windows 7 and Mac OS X).
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