Smart Phone & Apps

Before 2005 cell phones and other mobile devices were simply used for telephone communication or even text messaging.  But that era was gone, many mobile devices today can also access the Internet and run a variety of applications, making them the equivalent of a pocket-sized computer with wireless Internet access.  People can now conduct banking, check sports scores and stocks, read news, watch videos, play games, find directions and maps, book travel plans, and lookup information at the touch of a button from anywhere.  The boundaries of activities and locations are becoming blurred. 

 

There are several smart phone brands depend on mobile operating system like Apple, Windows, Android and depend on the manufacturer like Samsung, Nokia, Sony, Apple. According to each sub category those vendors provide different newest features for the smart phones and apps. Apps are developed by the developer community for free or fee and kept in app stores. Users can download them according to their requirement which provide more functionalities for the smartphones that utilize the maximum computational capability for the day to day work.

 

For the past few years, industry trends have revolved around cloud computing and smartphones.  As Venture Capital firms rapidly invest in cloud computing and smartphone companies, it is important to look at how these two technologies interrelate to give best user experience with fast big data management back end.