I end up having to go to the Web app for anything.

The most important applications today are Web apps, he said.

To me the answer is obvious: Native all the way for reading, buy books through the web app.

It would be good enough to use the web app as a store interface only.

That web app is rough, I've been using it for about a month.

In the end the web app will be slower; or at least not faster.

Web apps saved to the home screen for direct access, however, did not.

In the meantime, Jobs simply pretended web apps were the only way forward.

The only thing I don't understand is, what are the limitations of these web apps compared to the traditional applications?

There are clear benefits for publishers in producing a web app.