Back to the Future: iPhone Web Apps Get a Second Wind?

Gmail Sidesteps the App Store
The technology behind the new Gmail could challenge Apple’s control over third-party applications

Its basic premise is that Google recent Gmail web service update for the iPhone and Android based smartphones might usurp Apple’s App Store app market control. But, wait, didn’t we already try web apps prior to July 2008? The iTunes App Store launched only last summer with the introduction of the iPhone 3G and iPhone OS 2.