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Hi all thanks for the extended discussion - crikey i didn't expect such an involved debate! ok so first thing i'm no techy - i'm an academic with a digital arts background so many of the reasons that led to the iPhone app were aesthetic based upon ease, and look and feel of an iphone app. so our first grant from JISC allowed us enough money and time to develop a web based app that could run on anything - Android, iPhone - anything! But it was really slow because the server was doing all of the work. So we thought we'd go iPhone - the app seemed to pick up most of the 'work' and it meant we could ship audio files within the app too which may have been much slower to get if a signal was poor. We didn't have enough money to go Android this time, but would do given extra funding. Personally to get broad public buy at the moment the iphone is the smart phone that i see in most peoples hands in the street. From kids to old people its the iphone. Android users are men only! aren't they ;) One of the critical reasons that the app excites people is the blue dot, and this seems to work so easily on the iphone - we had some problems making the web app follow the user as smoothly. But hey i'm an apple fan and no techy! and i also no that you can't win an argument about code - there are hundreds of experts and opinions out there If Landmark can be convinced of the business model then we're hoping that it will lever all maps on all platforms in smooth, seamless experiences - App based or web based. thanks so much for your interest - its the most anyone has helped us with chris **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************