Question: Do we need a Native (Mobile) App?

_Many_ of our (existing/potential) clients _still_ ask us for "Native" (_Mobile_) Applications.
While we have not _pursued_ Native App projects in the past, we have _indirectly_ ended up working on them as "_special requests_" for specific clients.

> # Let's open the `discussion` on "_Native_" (_Mobile_) Apps as a _team_ so we can capture the _sentiment_.

## Todo:

+ [ ] initial investigation (Blog Post) titled "_Do we **need** a **Native** (Mobile) App_?"
+ [ ] What are the **costs/benefits** of having an app in the Google Play or Apple App Store ?
+ [ ] What `features` are _**only** available_ in _Native_ (Mobile) Apps vs HTML5+PWA ?
+ [ ] Notifications
+ [ ] Home-screen Icon
+ [ ] Offline-support
+ [ ] Reviews/Ratings and "chart position" in the App Store can aid "_findability_"
+ [ ] What are the _**minimum requirements**_ to deploy a `"Hello World"` app into the app store:
+ [ ] Apple App Store
+ [ ] Google Play Store
+ [ ] Investigate our options for developing "Native"
+ [ ] "Native Native":
+ [ ] Swift (iOS)
+ [ ] Java (Android)
+ [ ] Phonegap http://phonegap.com/ _are people still using it?_
+ [ ] Does Telerik make it easier? http://www.telerik.com/campaigns/platform/phonegap
+ [ ] Or Phonegap Build: https://build.phonegap.com/ (_are people using it?_)
+ [ ] React Native ...? 🤔
+ [ ] how much can be achieved using "***Progressive Web App***" (PWA) technologies?
+ [ ] What are the costs/benefits of using a PWA?
+ [ ] `Time-to-market` (_a PWA requires no "store" approval and can be deployed to devices in minutes not hours/days! all subsequent updates are done incrementally without having to download an entire `20mb binary`!_)
+ [ ] How does the `add-to-homescreen` prompt/button reduce friction to adoption (_by not forcing someone to go to an "App Store" and **download** a `20Mb binary` do we have a much better chance of "converting" people to returning users?_) 🏠
+ [ ] What is the _timeline_ for `PWA` feature availability on iOS? ⌛️