I would like to create a website that is iPhone-friendly … that looks like an iPhone app, but is really on the server, just like Gmail for iPhone.
My understanding is that this is how Apple originally had planned for application development to happen. However, I can’t find documentation on how to do this. Is there a link or something?
I suggest using iWebKit. It has some nice examples on how to develop such applications and it makes it really easy.
You can choose your backend to be anything you like (PHP, django, ASP…)