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I've really been enjoying developing an app with Phonegap and Sencha Touch. Sencha Touch has a pretty steep learning curve, but once you get it, its pretty nice and you can put together a cross platform app REALLY quickly.

I plan on using Phonegap + Sencha touch to release first iterations of apps. If the app looks like it is picking up steam in either the iOS or Android markets, then I can decide to invest the time in making a native version.

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I agree, you can build an app quickly. But Sencha Touch is painfully slow on most Android phones and iPhone 3G + it's very hard to respect Android guidelines :/ You can spot a Sencha Touch app on the Android Market quite easily.

How much have you tested it? Try running it in Android on an HTC device from last year.

Phonegap is not the problem, hardware and browsers of mobile devices are simply not up to handle the javascript required for a webapp.

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