{"id":676,"date":"2011-03-03T14:51:27","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T10:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-03-03T14:51:27","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T10:51:27","slug":"to-app-or-not-to-app-that-is-the-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/to-app-or-not-to-app-that-is-the-question\/","title":{"rendered":"To App OR Not To App &#8211; That Is The Question"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cyber-gear.com\/images\/MarchArticle1.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"To App OR Not To App \u00e2\u20ac\u201c That Is The Question\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Consider these stats:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015 &#8211; Forrester<\/li>\n<li>The App Market Will Be As Big  As The Internet In 2020.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile industry is as huge as  number of people on the planet.<\/li>\n<li>The iPhone alone has an  estimated 350,000 apps.<\/li>\n<li> A distant third is Google&#8217;s  Android Market, BlackBerry&#8217;s App World, HP&#8217;s Palm App Catalog, and Microsoft&#8217;s  Apps Marketplace. \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Combined!<\/li>\n<li>In 2010, apps on various  devices pulled in $1.7 billion globally, meaning the market will blossom  exponentially in the coming years. <\/li>\n<li> Once more smartphones from  Google, Microsoft, and RIM roll out, and more tablets from Motorola and  Samsung, app sales and volume will only increase. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>  This opens up a whole new  world of opportunities. Here are a few of my favorite  Apps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong>Google (Free)<\/strong><br \/>\n  The voice search function is  simply awesome.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Soundhound (Free and  US$\u00c2\u00a0 5) <\/strong><br \/>\n  You can hum a tune into the  phone and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find the song, look up lyrics and run YouTube videos of song  performances.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Green Ecostore (Free)<\/strong><br \/>\n  Shop for eco-friendly  products online.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Evernote (Free) <\/strong><br \/>\n  A traveling notepad that  synchronizes with desktop and browser software.<\/li>\n<li> <strong>Star Walk (US$ 3) <\/strong><br \/>\n  Point your phone toward the  heavens and this app identifies all you see, \u00c2\u00a0constellations, planets, individual stars!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Glympse (Free)<\/strong><br \/>\n  Friends can track your  location.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Send your favorite Apps to <a href=\"mailto:sharad@cyber-gear.com\">sharad@cyber-gear.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consider these stats: Apps to Explode to $38 Billion Market by 2015 &#8211; Forrester The App Market Will Be As Big As The Internet In 2020. Mobile industry is as huge as number of people on the planet. The iPhone alone has an estimated 350,000 apps. A distant third is Google&#8217;s Android Market, BlackBerry&#8217;s App [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.dubaicityguide.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}