As the communications world becomes more and more compressed and miniature, the world of apps seems to becoming ever larger with availability spreading ever wider, not only amongst the social networks like Facebook, but also via various forms of new technology, like smartphones. When Apple announced in April 2009 that their users had downloaded over one billion apps from their website in less than eighteen months it was as if a new industry had been born. It woke up the other smartphone manufacturers and it has been boom time ever since.
Smartphones are cell phones that are no longer limited to making voice calls. This category includes devices such as the BlackBerry, the Razr, the iPhone, and many more copycat versions offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality.
The word ‘Apps’ refers to a programme application which can often be used with any computer and offers a web-based, hosted solution anywhere you have an Internet connection. They can be captured and used by smartphone users and, because there are so many of them and they are being developed at such a rate, it is difficult to keep up with what is on offer. As a response to this, several apps review websites are being developed, like smartphoneapps.eu , to assist consumers awareness of what is available, along with numerous forums and blogs to report on usage.
What do they do? Quite simply, an apps review site gives users the facility to post their own reviews of new apps. These reviews can then been voted on or responded to by other members, letting others know how accurate or helpful they believe them to be. Some of the newer sites even let members post video reviews of popular applications.
