>It seems it is intolerable for at least one major enterprise, Playboy.
No, the real reason Playboy is going the webapp route is because Apple would never approve the content of the app. Apple knows that the web app experience is sucky compared to native apps regardless of the HTML5 hype. Even after a year passed after Jobs' pro-HTML5 and anti-Flash post, HTML5 still sucks, and Apple seems to be in no hurry except to pay lip service. After all, they have financial stake in native apps being better, especially for subscription based content,
No, the real reason Playboy is going the webapp route is because Apple would never approve the content of the app. Apple knows that the web app experience is sucky compared to native apps regardless of the HTML5 hype. Even after a year passed after Jobs' pro-HTML5 and anti-Flash post, HTML5 still sucks, and Apple seems to be in no hurry except to pay lip service. After all, they have financial stake in native apps being better, especially for subscription based content,