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Mobile application development: web vs. native

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Web apps are cheaper to develop and deploy than native apps, but can they match the native user experience?

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        cover image Communications of the ACM
        Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 5
        May 2011
        134 pages
        ISSN:0001-0782
        EISSN:1557-7317
        DOI:10.1145/1941487
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