Mobile Device App

A Mobile Device App is a software application that operates on a mobile smart device.

• Context:
  • It can range from being a Smartphone App, a Tablet App, or a Smartwatch App.
  • It can (often) be downloaded from an Online Mobile App.
  • It can be developed through a Mobile App Development Task, by a mobile app developer (using a mobile software development system).
  • It can be test by a Mobile App Test performing a mobile app testing (using a mobile software testing system).
  • It can range from being a Online-Only App to being an Offline-Read Mobile App to being an Offline-First Mobile App.
  • It can range from being an iOS App to being an Android App.
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• Example(s):
  • Social Media Mobile Apps, such as: Facebook Mobile App, Instagram Mobile App, Snapchat Mobile App, Twitter Mobile App, LinkedIn Mobile App, Pinterest Mobile App.
  • Messaging Mobile Apps, such as: WhatsApp Mobile App, Telegram Mobile App, Messenger Mobile App, Viber Mobile App.
  • Video Streaming Mobile Apps, such as: YouTube Mobile App, Netflix Mobile App, Hulu Mobile App, Amazon Prime Video Mobile App.
  • Music Mobile Apps, such as: Spotify Mobile App, Apple Music Mobile App, Pandora Mobile App, SoundCloud Mobile App.
  • Productivity Mobile Apps, such as: Google Drive Mobile App, Evernote Mobile App, Microsoft Office Mobile App, Trello Mobile App.
  • Navigation Mobile Apps, such as: Google Maps Mobile App, Waze Mobile App, Apple Maps Mobile App.
  • E-commerce Mobile Apps, such as: Amazon Mobile App, eBay Mobile App, Walmart Mobile App, Alibaba Mobile App.
  • Fitness Mobile Apps, such as: MyFitnessPal Mobile App, Strava Mobile App, Fitbit Mobile App, Nike Run Club Mobile App.
  • Food Delivery Mobile Apps, such as: UberEats Mobile App, DoorDash Mobile App, GrubHub Mobile App.
  • Ridesharing Mobile Apps, such as: Uber Mobile App, Lyft Mobile App.
  • Mobile Calculator Apps, such as: ...
  • Mobile Clinical Study Participant Apps, such as: Medable Clinical Study Participant App.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Web Application.
  • a Desktop Application.
• See: Computer Program, Mobile Web Browser.

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References

2018

• (Wikipedia, 2018) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_app Retrieved:2018-3-4.
  • A mobile app is a computer program designed to run on a mobile device such as a phone/tablet or watch.

    Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications that run on desktop computers, and with web applications which run in mobile web browsers rather than directly on the mobile device.

    The term "app" is a shortening of the term "software application". It has become very popular, and in 2010 was listed as “Word of the Year” by the American Dialect Society. In 2009, technology columnist David Pogue said that newer smartphones could be nicknamed "app phones" to distinguish them from earlier less-sophisticated smartphones.

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