The document discusses the rise of mobile application development beginning with Apple's launch of the App Store in 2008. It outlines key milestones in the growth of mobile apps, such as the introduction of smartphones and app marketplaces by various companies. However, it also examines some negative consequences of increased mobile phone and app usage, such as addiction, social disconnection, and the erosion of personal relationships.
1. “There’s an
APP for
that!”– Apple®
A discussion of the advancement
of mobile application
development and the resulting
consequences
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There
are
1.08 billion smartphones in
the
world,
with
Apple
and
Android
leading
the
markets.
46.9%28.7%
Source:
h@p://www.go-‐gulf.com/blog/smartphone/
3.
Companies
like
Google
and
Microso+
created
their
own
smartphone
devices
to
compete
with
the
rising
capabili1es
of
wireless
devices.
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Bell
Telus
Rogers
Fido
Koodo
4. Mobile and software developers took
mobile website capabilities to the next
level and introduced new applications
known as “mobile applications”.
Source:
h@p://www.v-‐soGinc.com/brief-‐history-‐of-‐mobile-‐applicaHons.html
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Mobile application
marketplaces and App stores
have become the new search
engines of the wireless world
6. Now 25% of those aged 17 – 25 years
old access internet primarily via cell
phone or smart phone.
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Source:
h@p://pewinternet.org/Commentary/2012/February/Pew-‐Internet-‐Mobile.aspx
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The birth of the mobile
application industry can
be traced to the
introduction of Apple’s
iTunes mobile application
marketplace in 2008.
Source:
h@p://www.v-‐soGinc.com/brief-‐history-‐of-‐mobile-‐applicaHons.html
8. The phrase “there is an app
for that”, originally coined
by Apple in their 2009
commercial…
has become one of the most common
phrases related to smartphones.
9. July 2008: Apple’s App Store launched with 500 apps.
January 2009: Reached 500 million app downloads.
April, 2010: 225,000 apps available, 73% of which are
free.
January, 2011: 10 billionth downloaded app (Paper
Glider).
May, 2013:
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Screenshot
taken
from
Apple.com
Source:
h@p://blog.shoutem.com/2012/02/07/infographic-‐the-‐history-‐of-‐mobile-‐app-‐stores/
10. In the past, only corporate business individuals
use their mobile devices for checking updates/
sending receiving emails...
Now,
common
consumers
use
mobile
devices
for
FAR
more
than
just
voice
calls.
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11. With
over
1,770,000
mobile
applications
available
in
the
market,
the
sky
has
become
the
limit
for
app
development!
FaceTime
CandyCrush
CalorieCounter
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WeChat
FourSquare
TDCanadaTrust
Snapchat
Dropbox
12. Mobile application developers are now
racing to be the first ones to create the
App that will help change the world.
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For example, the abilities of Near
Field Communication now allow mobile
users to pay for purchases at stores
using their “mobile wallet” - Elisa Woodard
14. In 2009, the number of app users was expected
to reach 140 billion by the year 2014 – In-Stat
Source:
h@p://www.internetnews.com/mobility/arHcle.php/3817886/The+Shelf+Life+of+an+iPhone+App.htm
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The Shelf Life of
Mobile Apps
16. and of those that have, one in
four is abandoned after its
initial use!” – Leigh Shevchik
“More than 60% of
the apps in the Apple App
Store have never been
downloaded…
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17. Users of iPhone
applications spend
about 9.6 minutes at
a time with their
apps, accessing them
nearly 20 times
before they are
abandoned – Dan Butcher,
statistics from Greystripe
Source:
h@p://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/adverHsing/3166.html
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19. Talk
about
OCD
70% of teens check their phones every hour
and many experience phantom pocket-vibration
syndrome –
Joel
Stein,
Time
Magazine
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Studies show that young people are now
so addicted to their mobile phones it feels
like they have lost a limb when they are
without them – Richard Alleyne, The Telegraph
21. People who experience anxiety or
stress when they become isolated from
their phone are said to suffer from
NOMOPHOBIA.
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22. Phones are not just a consumer tool, but
are used as a status symbol…
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23. ...They are ALSO eroding our
personal relationships – Dr James
Roberts, Baylors Hankamer School of Business!
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24. With
technology
always
advancing,
how
will
future
generaHons
be
affected
by
this
new
“App
World”?
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