1. Frameworks like jQuery Mobile allow building mobile apps using web technologies like HTML5 that work across different devices.
2. jQuery Mobile uses progressive enhancement to provide accessibility and support less capable browsers with limited features.
3. jQuery Mobile focuses on markup over JavaScript for development and uses CSS transforms and sprites to reduce roundtrips and latency on mobile.
4. Pages and navigation in jQuery Mobile are defined through HTML markup attributes while events are handled through JavaScript. Theming is implemented through object-oriented CSS.