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What’s app?
Keeping up with the ever changing world of media
mobilities.
[Image by Bart Claeys, flickr]
by Shelby Stanley
[Image by Mark Chapman, Radar Communication, flickr]
Ever feel like
you’re not with
the times?
Like EVERYTHING
is changing…
right before your eyes?
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We’ve come a LONG WAY since the firsthandheld phone in 1979
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Today, there are more than 4.6
billion cell phones in
use
More than 370 times the number in use in 1990
[source: Wilson Electronics, Inc.]
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With over 1.9 billion mobile phones sold in 2009, mobile technologies are growing more and MORE popular every year
[Source Sybase Inc]
Nowadays, cell phones do
more than just make
calls
[Image by Robert Scoble, flickr]
How much more you ask?
Welcome to the mobile world of apps
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Application software, also known as an "app", is computer software designed to
help the user perform singular OR multiple related specific tasks.
[source Wikipedia, “apps”]
There are over 350,000 apps available to download at the Apple “App store”
[source: www.apple.com]
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There are apps for music…
[Image by andrewkimmel, flickr]
Apps for working out…
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Apps for managing
money
[image by Yodel Anecdotal, flickr]
Apps for traveling
[Image by British Airways, flickr]
Let’s not forget SOCIAL apps
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and GAMING apps
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All within the comfort of your favourite mobile device.
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In 2008 Google launched Android
and the Android app market
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Android now has over 150,000 apps available to download…instantly
[source: cnet.com]
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Apps allow mobile access to THOUSANDS of onlinetools for sharing information.
It’s as easy as a tap!
[Image by Oyvind Solstad, flickr]
So what does this ALL mean?
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New technological mobilities have transformed the way we EXPERIENCE
and CONSUMEinformation
Instantly downloading an app is an efficient way to participate, engage, and share with a
consistently changing
media market.
Change is GOOD…
THAT’S what’s app.