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The back end doesn't matter obviously, but portable devices like the iPad will really show their worth once the HTML5 standard is finalized and widely implemented. History shows that the more inclusive (though not necessarily open) a web infrastructure is the more likely it is to succeed in the long run. So while the apps that run exclusively on iOS are good for now as a stop gap until the standards committees get their acts together, HTML5 will insure long term support.
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