Touch Web vs Apps is a great discussion I mean as well! You know I'm still learning about this entry and all information seem to me very inspirational. Thanks for this allocation. :lol:

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There was a great discussion in D9 conference about this topic.
Marc Andreessen says in the long run browsers will win.
Eric Schmidt also predicts that over the period of 5 years almost all mobile apps will be html5.

The first point is the most important. The majority of content based apps can and should be online, not native. It is easier to build, adapt, and maintain a web app than a native app that requires a 3rd party distribution model to get into users hands. Games, audio, media software, these are all apps that should exist natively for the time being, but almost all apps that deliver and aggregate content should be mobile sites and web based applications. After all the Internet is one platform.

Not to mention the swell in helpful libraries like jQtouch that make transitioning a mobile site into a touch screen optimized site very very easy.

in my opinion, nothing beats a native app, especially because of the fact that even if it requires internet connectivity function 100%, it will still partially work without internet. This is a huge deal for those unfortunate to be on, for example, AT&T.

Another argument that the piece examines, namely the fact that there are too many platforms, can be overcome by rising developer tools like Titanium Studios, which will eventually cover iPhone, Android, and Blackberry OS. This way you get the best of both worlds: develop once for all devices and have it work (at least partially) offline.