Safari Mobile implements parts of HTML5 - application cache, local storage etc. The geolocation API is supported too (in firmware 3.0+). There's no need for Gears.
On Aug 31, 8:01 pm, Wes <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe that Google could make a great Google Gears iPhone app. This > approach to bringing Google Gears to the iPhone would be the best > approach because Safari does not include a plugin installer and will > not load a page at all without an Internet connection. However, a > Google Gears app would work very well. Users could type in the URL of > a Google Gears enabled web app and the Google Gears app would install > that app to the Google Gears app and add it to a list of installed > apps. The app could then function like a normal standard/mobile web > app. If API's were added for it, Google Gears apps could even take > advantage of iPhone OS features (push notification, geo-location, > multi-touch controls, etc.). This soul make a Google Gears app for > iPhone a very useful app that many people would like. What would make > it even better was if it could be integrated with the Google Mobile > app (possibly as a single app?).
