Web server on the phone?

[arne anka]

> Also, many developers feel that web technologies provide for easier and
> faster UI development than at least some of native toolkits.

doing web development since a few years for a living (and seldom for fun!)  
i am still annoyed by the predicaments and restrictions of web  
applications. at any given time i'd prefer "real" programming over web  
programming (be it php or java).
but that's overly ot ...