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To: "Alertbox Announcement List"
From: alertbox@nngroup.com (Jakob Nielsen)
Alertbox: Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift
Mobile apps currently have better usability than mobile sites, but forthcoming changes will eventually make a mobile site the superior strategy.
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for February 13:
> http://www.useit.com/alertbox/mobile-sites-apps.html
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