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Mobile Applications
A mobile application, also called apps, it is a
term used to describe Internet applications that
run on smartphones , tablet computers and
others mobile devices.
Mobile applications usually help users by
connecting them to Internet services more
commonly accessed on desktop or notebook
computers, or help them by making it easier to
use the Internet on their portable devices.
These apps began appearing in 2008 and are
operated by application distribution platforms,
and are operated by the owner of the mobile operating system, such as the Apple App
Store, Google Play, Windows Phone Store, and BlackBerry App World.
The popularity of applications has increased in the last years because their use is
becoming more frequent in mobile phone users.
Mobile applications were originally created for general productivity and information
retrieval but public demand and the availability of developer made quick expansion into
other categories, such as mobile games, apps of communication, entertainment, GPS and
location-based services.
To develop a mobile application, the developer must
take into account the large number of screen sizes of
mobiles, hardware specifications and configurations
because of intense competition in mobile software and
changes within each of the platforms.
By: Héctor Madrigal Ramírez 207320251.