Mobile applications may have been foreign before the year 2000 but since then they have skyrocketed in popularity. With the inception of the iPhone the world witnessed a subsequent shift towards “smartphones” while leaving behind traditional cellphones. The most distinguishing feature between the two was the smartphone’s ability to download and run these mobile applications. With Andriod, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and more mobile operating systems that support mobile applications its no surprise that the year 2013 saw more new applications being developed than any year before it. In the recent past mobile computing has actually become more popular than desktop computing, at least when it comes to interacting with the World Wide Web. A stellar graph provided by Flurry Analytics does a great job of illustrating just what I mean.
As you can see, mobile computing is more important than ever and it would do a company well to develop an application that can be used on these mobile platforms as a means of reaching their customers. Another great thing about mobile applications is that they are incredibly versatile. There are literally millions of mobile apps in existence that do a number of amazing things. We have banking apps that allow a user to deposit a check into their account via photo, airline apps that allow passengers to literally download their boarding passes onto their phones and apps that allow you to remote view and control HD cameras all from your phone. This is on top of the innumerable games, social networking apps and music players that are available for download. Mobile applications have come a long way in a short time but there are limitations that we have had to overcome and ones that we still face today. As...
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... important to them and I personally know a few people who own a smartphone in spite of not owning a personal computer. Mobile application development is something that I believe to be very important and will only become more integral to our society in years to come!
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