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Today Amazon announced it has launched its own Android App Store! This is very interesting and exciting for all of those who have Android devices. I still think Googlezon is just right around the corner. For those unfamiliar with Googlezon, watch this 8 minutes video, EPIC 2015.

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I really wasn't keeping track of the D8 conference until I saw @Jason (Jason Calacanis) wrote,

"Steve Jobs just gave mad shout out to yelp and apps. Says apps are future, and that requires mobile ads--not banners. #d8."

MY PREDICTION... The App Model won't exist in 3 years!!! Yes, I'm saying that the brilliant creator of the iPhone is wrong. Count it... one... two... three years. This isn't a stab at Apple's iTunes (as I previous have... see: Apple's CEO Entered an Insanity Plea as the Reason for Banning Flash on the iPhone), its not a shot at Google's Android Market... I simply think that mobile web applications are the future, not these platform dependent apps, the nasty ego contests, especially the one with fascist curating habits from certain company that is named after a red fruit.

Please don't be confused. I'm not jumping on the HTML5 bandwagon. HTML5 is not the Holy Grail, as so many buzzword-loving tech reporters are saying it will be! As a matter of fact, its not even complete yet and won't be for another couple of years. It is still my belief that HTML5 will have its place for a few unique uses, but it can't and won't replace full RIA frameworks such as Flash, Flex, Silverlight, VB, PHP, etc...

I think the future lies within mobile web applications that run extremely fast, that contains high interactive, media-rich content that looks sexy on whatever screen size, and it will built on highly optimized JavaScript, CSS, HTML & your server-side language of choice (mine just happens to be PHP).

If you are considering an Native App (iPhone or Android) project, go for it! Now its a very hot trend, just don't be shocked if you see a shift coming in the near future.