An alternative approach to solving interoperability and
development problems for mobile platforms is through creating
web-based applications [12]. The problem with this
though is that, web-based applications are limited to business
processes and is not applicable to applications that
need to access additional device capabilities such as built-in
Camera, GPS and Bluetooth to name a few. Particularly in
the area of pervasive healthcare [17], applications such as
remote health monitoring, location tracking and those that
need to connect to body sensors still need full device access
which is only possible at the moment through native mobile
applications.