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I'm really rooting for Phonegap. I really want to write apps written in html5/css/javascript, but what is really need is "proof" that it is possible to write a great app using these tools.

I've seen all the demos, and all the Phonegap apps in the App Store, but none of them are "killer apps". They don't have many ratings, and the ones that do have several ratings aren't so good. Hoping this changes soon.

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You don't need Phonegap to write apps in html5/css/javascript. We did it with Zite using a WebUIView wrapped in a native app with a little bit of glue to hold things together. Obviously it is a matter of opinion whether the performance is on par with native, but I think it reaches about 95% of the native experience on an iPad 2.

We did have to spend a significant about of time optimizing css transitions to make it happen.

(It's highly and multitudinously rated, FWIW.)

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