What is out There?
- 2. Categories of Apps: • Business Apps • Game Apps •Lifestyle Apps •Entertainment Apps •News Apps •Social Apps • Travel Apps • Sports Apps • Educational Apps
- 3. There is no denying that the most popular apps (based especially on the Apple app charts) are games. • Most game control systems takes advantage of the devices touch screen For Example: feature • Most device exclusive games are very innovative in design and gameplay mechanics • They are usually affordable at the average price of fifty nine pence but most also include micro-transactions to buy in- game items or extra content. • There are also plenty of app versions of boardgames, gameshows and adaptions of big game franchises like Sonic the Hedgehog and Grand Theft Auto.
- 4. Entertainment apps usually consist of novelty devices or apps that are linked to the entertainment media (for example video and music) •Entertainment are usually to provide short For Example: bursts of entertainment using novelty mechanics like voice changing. Some are always fixed outcomes like a particular x-ray app • A lot of entertainment apps are linked with social aspects meaning that people can play tricks or send funny notes and pictures to each other • Some apps enhance other aspects of the devices like an extended gallery of emoticons or colourful text messaging. • Some simulation games fall under this category like the famous Pocket God in which the user takes the role of a tiki god providing various tortures to the little men on screen.
- 5. Social apps are applications that provide a way for people to contact and socialise in many different formats over the internet. • The most popular of the social apps are For Example: the portable versions of massive social networking sites like Face book and Twitter. • A lot of other social apps just provide different formatting and styles of these big networking sites. • Many social apps are linked to other categories of applications, like game apps and entertainment apps.
- 6. Lifestyle apps are applications that usually provide a useful service to peoples day to day lives . • Lifestyle apps can include guides to day to day activities like cooking, fitness to the more provocative sexual-based activities. For Example: • This category of app can also help with lifestyle changes like real estate apps or interior design. • There is also a variety of portable applications for big high street shop locaters or online stores like Amazon. • Some apps that arguably could be called novelty provide a relaxing, anti-stress stimulus
- 7. The other categories of Smartphone, android phone and tablet apps are as their titles suggest, providing services for their category.
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