[tomwhipple]

The idea that we'll be able to write apps in an interpereted language is probably a long ways off, but the second idea about more portable object models is spot on.

I would argue that such a model would need to include the ability to easily manage per record image assets. (think about how often we have images in a table view cell)

To that end, I've created an iOS library to deal with downloading these tables and images in a reasonable way. If you're interested: https://github.com/Smartovation/STRemoteResources