Recently, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking at MoDevTablet [1] where I gave a presentation entitled “Mobile Web Realities” and the good folks who put on the conference [2] recorded it.
In summary: a year ago, hybrid development frameworks like PhoneGap [3] that leverage HTML5 were poised to radically alter mobile app development, but the potential has failed to live up to the promise: Faster/Easier/Cheaper doesn’t always mean Better.
Links:
[1] http://modevtablet.com/
[2] http://www.meetup.com/modevdc/
[3] http://phonegap.com/