So what’s so special about these two games now? They don’t use PhoneGap or Titanium. They don’t even use a UIWebView. Instead, they bypass the iPhone’s browser altogether and use Apple’s JavaScript interpreter (JavaScriptCore) directly. All graphics are rendered with OpenGL instead of in a browser window and all sound and music is played back with OpenAL instead of… well, having no sound at all.
PhobosLab: “iOS and JavaScript – for Real this Time!”
OK, this is a pretty cool trick.