Mobile Device Application

I did a small analysis about available technologies and possibilities related to the Mobile application development, and the available options are..

1. Apple iOS application
2. Google Android application
3. jQuery Mobile with HTML (Web page)
4. Standard web development using CSS3 and HTML5 (Web Page)

Requirements – Apple iOS development

1. Apple developer licence - basically cost $100 per year to host the application with App Store – This may be not needed if we are planning to run the application without apple server ( I have to confirm on the possibility of this)
2. Mac OS machine (iMac or Mac Book) to develop the XCODE.
3. This works only in Apple Mobile devices

Requirements –Android

1. PC with android SDK is needed to develop on this platform – this can be done in-house.
2. Android also need a developer license for developing applications and hosting on the Android Market ( This may be not needed if we are planning to run the application without Android Market , I have to confirm on the possibility of this)
3. This only works in Android powered mobile devices.

Requirement – Option 3 and 4

1. The tools and computer what we have are enough to develop mobile web pages using CSS and HTML. Basically these are web pages behave like touch response application.
2. This will work in any smart phones/devices.

Conclusion
Native mobile application (apple or android) seems to be stable than a web page act like a mobile application. But the easiest and quickest method is to go for a mobile friendly web page.