Statistics
We all know that some people are obsessed with their phones a recent poll done by Smart Online Proves that people indeed are obsessed with their mobile devices nursing them from the second they come out of the box until they go to smartphone heaven.
· Over 1 billion smartphones have been sold worldwide in the past two year
· By 2015 researchers say it will reach 2 billion
· 55% of phone owners own a smart phone
· This number is predicted to increase steeply because of the fact that ever 2/3 phone bought are smart phones
· 85% of these smartphones are IPhones or Droids
· 56% of smart phone users prefer internet on their phone over the computer
· 39% of people use their phone over a separate camera
· 12% of people use their phone over their T.V.
· 47% of smartphone users use their phone to online shop
Apps and the Application Store
App store: a digital application distribution method deigned to provide application software to users
· The first app store began in 1998 and was used by businesses to supply employees with helpful applications
· In 2008 Apple picked up the idea and added it to the IPhone
· In 2010 over 9 million applications had been installed
· Google has adapted the idea of an app store which is called googleplay, this store is used on Androids and Samsung smartphones
· An application store is one of the features that make a smartphone different form a standard phone
· The first app store began in 1998 and was used by businesses to supply employees with helpful applications
· In 2008 Apple picked up the idea and added it to the IPhone
· In 2010 over 9 million applications had been installed
· Google has adapted the idea of an app store which is called googleplay, this store is used on Androids and Samsung smartphones
· An application store is one of the features that make a smartphone different form a standard phone
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THS
2-21-13
2-26-13
THS
2-21-13
2-26-13