MOBILE APPLICATION OVERVIEW

Mobile applications are consist of software/set of program that runs on a mobile device and perform certain tasks for the user.

Mobile application is a new and fast developing Segment of the global Information and Communication Technology. Mobile application is easy, user friendly, inexpensive, downloadable and run able in most of the mobile phone including inexpensive and entry level phone. The mobile application has wide uses for its vast functioning area like calling, messaging, browsing, chatting, social network communication, audio, video, game etc

In large number of mobile application some are pre-installed in phone and others user can download from internet and install it in mobile phone. This large number of mobile application market served by increasing no of mobile application developer, publishers and providers. From the technical point of view the different mobile applications are run able in different managed platforms like iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Symbian, windows; also some virtual machine such as Java/J2 ME, BREW, Flash Light, Silver light.

According to application area, there are different categories of mobile application.

1. Communications: Internet Browsing, email I M client, Social Networking

2. Games: Puzzle/ Strategy, Cards /Casino, Action/ Adventure

3. Multimedia: Graphics /Image viewer,

Presentations viewers, Video Players, Audio players

4. Productivity: Calendars, Calculators, Diary,

Notepad /Memo/Word Processors, Spreadsheets

5. Travel: City guide, Currency converter,

Translators, GPS/Maps, Itineraries / Schedules, Weather

6. Utilities: Profile manager, Idle screen/Screen

saver, Address book, Task manager, Call manager, File manager

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