The Evolution of the Mobile App
In the modern world, we use apps every day whether we mean to or not. Everything we do on our phones – from calls to images – is app based and even the whole workplace is awash with apps. Every industry has something they use in particular and it’s hard to escape the use. So, where did this whole app business start and how has it evolved since then? A riveting topic for those with a technical mindset.
The Beginning
Apps began with the invention of the first smartphone, all the way back in 1994. Yes, that early! IBM brought forward this innovation with ten or so inbuilt apps, though they’re not known as smartphone giants today. They weren’t yet known as apps, rather they were ‘features’ of the phone and had useful functions such as an alarm clock and calendar. Later, Nokia became the must-have phone thanks to its Snake game – which was in itself a precursor to proper gaming apps.
These were in no way like the apps we know today. But, they certainly opened up the world of possibilities for the way apps would come to function and what use they would have in everyday life.…