Mark Zuckerberg promises a native Android app, says betting on HTML5 for mobile was a 'mistake' | The Verge

HTML5: not yet a panacea...

"Speaking with Michael Arrington at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that "we've had a bunch of missteps on [mobile]," specifically referring to its mobile app strategy. "The biggest mistake we made as a company was betting too much on HTML5 instead of native... We burnt two years." He said that the company would also drop HTML5 in its Android app as well, and that a native version would be coming "soon.""

Mark Zuckerberg promises a native Android app, says betting on HTML5 for mobile was a 'mistake' | The Verge