It's interesting that they seem to believe that they need to have iPad-like apps in order to compete in the consumer market. I certainly like my apps. However, I also can't see how "native" apps could ever hope to compete against RESTful Web services of the future when the browser supports rich "native" functionality.

It sometimes feels like that I'm the only person in the tech world who feels this way. Am I being naive? Are "silo-ed" apps and app stores the only viable future?