#mobile phone apps

One of the biggest driver in the growth of the smartphone market are apps. I've also talked to several local app developers and while the idea of paid apps is more enticing, there's still the question if people really buy a lot of mobile phone apps in the Philippines. After over two weeks of using the iPhone 3G, I can fairly say I have become familiar with this mobile device to share some insights on how it fares as a primary mobile phone. First let me say that Apple has revolutionized the way we use our mobile phones. The wealth of games found in the iPhone via the App Store makes gaming on the mobile phone like the second coming of Snakes on the Nokia phone over a decade ago. Push and Fetch Data allows you to set the phone to receive email and other data from the server (MobileMe) as well as a fetch options (in intervals of 15 mins, 30 mins,hourly or manually) for other emails that do not support the Push function. When Apple announced the iPhone, Steve claims they will take on at least 1% of the mobile phone market. Read more in our articles including "How many Mobile Apps have you bought?" and "iPhone 3G: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly".