If you want to build an app that runs on multiple smartphones, there's no need to learn Java, Objective-C, and regular C to target the major platforms. A bit of JavaScript and CSS encapsulated in a Web site will run on the iPhone, the Palm Pre, and any Android phone because the WebKit engine renders everything. BlackBerry users can grab Bolt, a third-party browser built around WebKit.
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