In just the past few years a massive online industry has grown up around smartphones. What is a smartphone? Well, it is a mobile device that gives users access to various features and applications that make it more like a pocket computer than a regular mobile phone. For example, smartphone users can go on the internet, play games, and even do their banking all on their mobiles.
What is an application or app? Really, it is nothing more than a mini computer programme that lets users perform a series of actions. Some of the most popular ones grant user’s access to GPS or lets them listen to their favourite radio stations. Honestly, anything that you can do online, you can do with the aid of an application.
So, what are the best mobile phone apps ? This is an extremely difficult question. After all, there are thousands and thousands of them. The App Store alone is rumoured to be closing in on the hundred thousand mark. Though Apple has not confirmed this rumour, they recently announced that users have downloaded over one billion applications in the year and a half since the store officially opened.
But since everyone likes to get something for free, we are going to take a quick look at some of the best free apps. Just about every smartphone manufacturer gives users access to free online applications. While most of these free apps are mobile games that few people would actually pay for, there are some useful ones. Google, for example, has done a great job of ensuring that their services are available for free to most smartphone users. That includes features like the popular Google browser, Gmail, and Google Notebook.
