Smart Phone and PDA Apps for Beginners
Download Applications Commonly Downloaded by Smart Phone Users
Oct 25, 2009
The world has gone completely App mad. Literally thousands of companies have developed programs that may be downloaded to a smart phone.
These applications allow the user to do everything from follow the latest news, sports and weather to browse social networking sites and even perform grocery shopping. If this all seems a bit overwhelming, don’t worry. Here is a guide to some basic Apps that will get the new user acquainted with living and completely App mad world.
Essential Apps for Beginners
The following list of Apps is a combination of commonly downloaded Apps by smart phone users. These Apps cover a broad spectrum of topics from news to entertainment to sports and more. All of these Apps can be downloaded with just a click of a button.
- CNN Mobile: Most main news sources have an App that may be downloaded to a Smart Phone, and CNN is certainly no different. Tapping into CNN will give the user the latest news in a broad spectrum of topics from National news, to sports, to weather and more. This App will keep the new user informed.
- Flixster: Gone are the days of needing to find a paper to look-up a movie time. This App will provide the user with a list of showtimes, nearby theatres, reviews and even allows the user to watch movie trailers.
- Tetris: What Smart Phone is complete with out the game favorite Tetris. Whether stuck in an airport, between meetings or just for a little relaxation, this App is really popular. This App does come with a price of between $8 and $10, but that’s very reasonable to solve the priceless problem of boredom.
- Amazon Mobile: Rather than fighting traffic and long lines, use down time to complete shopping tasks for birthdays and holidays. Amazon sells just about everything these days from books to movies to music and much, much more.
- Yelp: The essence of a city is found in it’s food and local hangouts. Downloading Yelp will allows the user to be one with the city’s pulse by locating and reading reviews of the best restaurants and bars in town.
- Facebook: What Smart Phone can be complete without the social networking website App for Facebook? This allows the user to post, change status and keep up with family and friends from any small corner of the world for just the touch of a button.
- ESPN Score Center: This App solves the problem of being away from the television, but needing to know the score of the hometown team. It is updated to the second and also provides stats, schedules, commentary and more.
- Opera Mini: When a user is need of the fastest search engine in the Smart Phone world, they turn to Opera Mini to navigate the web in record time.
For additional Apps, take the time to browse the "store" on your Smart Phone or PDA device. These App stores will have literally hundreds of Apps that will allow the user to get the most use out of their smart phone device whether the primary use be for business or pleasure.
Check for Updates
Like many software programs, Apps are constantly being updated. New versions will be released that combine the latest technology as well as work out old kinks and bugs from earlier versions. Check back often to make sure the Apps on the Smart Phone device are the most up to date.
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