Apple, for the last ten years has been taking technology trends and making them successful like only they can. They quickly took the mp3 player market by storm with their iPods and of course, you were not cool unless you owned an iPhone. The idea of tablet pcs has been around since the early 60′s and even the idea of an electronic stylus device for capturing handwriting was copyrighted in 1888. Despite the history behind the idea, the technology has never mainstreamed despite our cultures obsession with the next big gadget. This inevitably leads us to the Apple iPad, which was released on April 3 2010. Originally, there were only Wi-Fi enabled models quickly followed by the 3G + Wi-Fi ready on April 30 of that same month. With over 3 million sold in the...

Symbian OS is an operating system for Smartphones carrying a 47% market share. It is open source code, meaning that anyone can pick up the code and create apps with Symbian. The recent switch to open source throws the OS wide open to anyone. There is no charge to use Symbian for writing applications. The lack of a fee allows developers of all sorts to be able to make their widget, gadget or app for Smartphones using the OS. A developer is limited only by their own imagination, and in turn, enriches the end users with how they utilize their Smartphone. “There’s an app for that” is a common phrase. Mobile phone apps, or applications, have revolutionized the world of cell phones. Applications are small, self contained programs that usually do...

These days our mobile phones come with many features that surpass our previous imaginations. They are very different from the older mobile phones that were only used to make and receive phone calls or text messages. Over the years, our cell phones have undergone a major revolution and have become so much a part of our life that time almost freezes without our phones in our hands. You can attribute this fact to the different versions of user-friendly applications that all phone makers have started to incorporate. From making and receiving calls to playing games, the different applications of mobile phones grew so rapidly that it was difficult to keep track. Email, news, photo sharing, you name it and you can have it on your phone. With the various applications...

With the release of the Apple iPhone and the subsequent App store, many other carriers and phone providers have begun to jump on the bandwagon. In doing so, BlackBerry devices have developed their own application store that provides a multitude of applications for users. Simply, an application is a program that can be downloaded from a provider, with the program running some sort of specific function. With the introduction of application stores, many phones have extended their use into a new realm of communication and functionality. More specifically, an application is a program that can do an assortment of options like give directions, play music, play games, provide updates in the news, weather and finance world, as well as many other useful features. In...

Android is Google’s open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications for use on mobile devices, including Smartphones. Android was constructed from the ground up to enable developers to create compelling mobile applications that take full advantage of all a handset has to offer. The Android Platform was officially presented in November of 2007, but it wasn’t until September 2008, that the first android phone actually made its debut. Android allows you to customize your phone’s look, feel, and functionality to go with your preferences; it is the future of mobile phones. Android provides access to a wide range of useful libraries and tools that can be used to build rich applications. For example, Android...

The smartphone is the wave of the present and future . Just when most people thought that mobile phones couldn’t get better than the Apple iPhone, a series of smartphones have made its glorious entrance. The concept for smartphone apps, short for smartphone applications, is not new. Actually, it dates back to 1992, when the first smartphone, named Simon was invented. It was an early mobile or cell phone. It contained such components as a clock, address book, email, notepad, a send and receive fax machine, as well as games. It was a legend ahead of its time. The first actual smartphone was sold in 2000, when the Ericsson R380 was released. It was the first cellphone that was actually called a smartphone. By 2005, Nokia started launching its Nseries of 3G...