Native iPhone/Mobile Apps vs Mobile Web Apps

A few questions on why you chose to develop one over the other... Just because iPhone is the biggest right now, I'll use 'iPhone' to mean iPhone/Android/BB/Palm/etc, and 'App Store' to mean App Store/Android Market/BB App World/etc.

Q.1

Have you ever published/launched a native iPhone app or iPhone web app? *

Yes
No

Q.2

In an ideal world, which type of app would you prefer to write? *

Native
Mobile Web

Q.3

For those who have published (or would prefer to write) a native app to the App Store, what was the main reason you chose native over web?

App Store (ability to get discovered, get paid, etc)
Unavailable APIs to web (e.g. camera, etc)
Performance
Language (Cocoa Touch, etc)
Other:

Q.4

For those who have published (or would prefer to write) a native app to the App Store, what is the main feature of the App Store for a developer?

Discoverability -- Being able to have your app categorized and found in one place
Payments -- being able to quickly and easily get paid for your apps
Other:

Q.5

For those who answered Q.3 or Q.4, feel free to elaborate if you want...

Q.6

For those who have launched (or would prefer to write) a mobile web app, what was the main reason you chose web over native?

Write-once/run-on-multiple-platforms
Not dealing with Apple (approval process, etc)
Not having to learn a new language (Cocoa Touch, etc)
Other:

Q.7

For those who answered Q.6, feel free to elaborate if you want...

Q.8

Is there anything else we may have missed when thinking about the differences between writing a native app or a mobile web app?

Q.9

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