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If you don't care about user experience, sure, do this.

Otherwise, build native apps.

If you can name one successful app that's just a webview then this might be an option.

The Bank of America app is a webview of their mobile site. It has excellent ratings, and is currently the #1 free app in the Finance category.

All that said, it's clearly not a native app. Transitions from screen to screen are slow, do not animate smoothly, and sometimes exhibit drawing problems.

The punchline: their app description announces an upcoming native app: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bank-america-mobile-banking/i...

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