Latest surveys show that around 60% of the world’s population now uses mobile phones, with approximately 4.1 billion mobile phone subscriptions annually according to a UN survey. A tremendous growth for a product market. But did you stop to imagine the amount of applications you can get on a phone? The list is a mile long with applications which now have the processing power and storage of a desktop computer that was available few years back. Here are some facts about mobile applications that made headlines in the recent past.
Twitter on mobile phones
Twitter is catching up to the popularity of Facebook through its adoption in mobile phones. Besides the default mobile version of twitter (m.twitter.com), several browser based twitter services are now available, namely;
- Dabr a web based client which makes tweeting that much easier. It shows you the small thumbnail of any twitpic mentioned in a tweet. It shows you direct tweets, your followers, friends, public timeline and you may even search across twitter.
- Slandr is great if you like to retweet and also want to share your location. It has Pic and tweet feature which lets you upload pictures and tweet.
Fring new version out
Fring is one of the most popular chatting application on mobiles today. The latest version, which will support the new Sony Ericsson Xperia and Samsung Omnia will feature add-on support such as sending files to fring buddies along with Skype, MSN and Yahoo contacts.
Voice recognition for iPhone and Blackberry
Vlingo for iPhone and vlingo for Blackberry smartphones allows users to speak into their device and have many popular applications carry out their respective functions. This includes dialing your phone, sending an email or SMS, creating and saving a memo or task, opening a web browser and performing a web search, composing a social-networking status message and more.
Firefox soon on mobile phones
Firefox will finally make an entrance into the mobile phones arena, with an alpha version of Firefox Mobile (codename Fennec). Currently the browser space is owned by Safari and Opera which undoubtedly used the absence of Firefox to their benefit, will see some tough times ahead of them with Firefox in the field.
Free Windows Mobile Applications
- YouTube Player: As the name implies, this allows you to search and play YouTube clips in their native format.
- Call Firewall: Call Firewall is a software that rejects unwanted calls. It helps in creating blacklists and whitelists and it even will send an SMS to a blocked number explaining why he/ she was blocked. A defi nite gadget for the ladies!
Google Mobile
As always Google got into the market with a bang. Google mobile, introduced a stack of applications that can be used to access Google products. Some of the featured applications include; Mobile App – used for searching and launching other Google products, Maps n A tool to access googlemaps to locate nearby businesses and get GPS directions when driving and of course Gmail and YouTube.
The level of usability on mobile phones is increasing rapidly, and a time will come not so far away when people would question “why do I need a desktop computer?”
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