In 2002, RIM lifted the game of smartphones and mobile apps with the launch of BlackBerry 5810. Remember, the Snake Game? Those were apps too!Įarlier, a few Java games, a calculator or monthly calendar were all that came under the category of mobile apps. Nokia is still remembered for its famous Snake game on some of its earliest phones.Īnd, then came the era of ‘qwerty keypad’ They were generally referred to as ‘features’ found in the ‘Mobile Office’ section of the phone. For example this alarm clock (app). These things weren’t called ‘apps’ back then There was no app store, of course, but the phone came preloaded with several apps like Address Book, Calculator, Calendar, Mail, Note Pad, and Sketch Pad.
The first smartphone in 1994 had over 10 inbuilt appsīefore iPhone and Android came IBM’s Simon, the first ever smartphone launched in 1994. How apps became such a vital part of our lives and how they went through a dramatic change and development. Like Arkenea, that’s been in existence for over 10 years and is rated as the top custom healthcare software development company.īut let’s rewind a few years (precisely over two decades) and see the journey of mobile applications. And that’s one of the key reasons for the flourishing app business. Whether we need to wake up in the morning or do a quick meditation or navigate the route to client’s office or book a dinner table.Īpps have made everything just a click away.
Today our lives move around mobile applications. That certainly happened, and we call that store – AppStore today! In the summer of 1983, six months away from launching the first Macintosh, Steve Jobs said, “ It would be a little like a record store, where software would be downloaded over phone lines.”