A mobile application is an interesting computer generated program designed and developed to run on Smartphones, Tablets, iPhones and many other mobile devices.
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Traveling back to the time of emerging mobile applications, IBM was the first to announce smartphones for general use with a few java games, calculator, monthly calendar, and contact book in 1993. They were all the applications that came under the category of mobile apps.
In 2002, the next major achievement in the field of mobile application rose with the innovative concept of wireless emails by BlackBerry Limited, formerly known as Research In Motion Limited (RIM).
Psion EPOC, developed by Psion which ran EPOC permitted user’s programmes such as a word processor, spreadsheet, dairy, and database.
Palm OS, developed by Palm, Inc with a raft of basic applications and tons of third party apps programmed in C/C++, including a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser from Palm OS 3.0 onwards
WML(Wireless Markup Language), developed by WAP Forum for usage in Wireless Application Protocol-enabled devices based on HTML.
J2ME/JME began as JSR 68 later replaced personal java and rapidly evolved into several standards for use across PDAs, phones and also other embedded devices.
Symbian, grown out of Psion EPIC operating system, was developed by Symbian Ltd, a joint venture of Psion, Ericsson, Nokia, and Motorola ran by almost 250 million devices in 2009.
Mobile applications today
Coming to the present, from the apps meant for messaging to apps for booking cabs, shopping or ordering foods, mobile applications appears to be revamping several aspects of our personal and professional lives.
Future Trends and PredictionsInternet of Things (IoT) and wearable devices
Several businesses across the world already started to leverage the power of interconnecting devices. IOT developments in recent times enable us to control a variety of devices using smartphones.
Software technologies used for IoT:
· RiotOS
· Thingsquare Mist
Communication technologies used for IoT:
· RFID
· WiFi
· EnOcean etc.
Two projects are been owned by Google namely Nest and Brillo especially to target IOT. The nest is programmed to develop home automation products like the smoke alarm, camera, and thermostat whereas Brillo appears to be an IoT operating system supporting WiFi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and other android things.
Siri, launched by Apple allows homes to be automated by voice command and on the similar line, ‘Amazon Echo’ launched by Amazon is a voice command device controlling smart devices, answering questions and playing music.
A huge impact on mobile applications will be ruled by the Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in coming days. Things that you could only dream or watch in the sci-fi movies will end up showing a next-level reality with AI and ML.
Both the technologies have been accepted and adopted by a wide range of companies to reduce operational cost and increase productivity. It’s been measured that more than 75% of the workers mobilized in ERP solutions depends upon Artificial Intelligence for better efficiency.
ChatBots
ChatBots are more effectively designed to provide self-service frameworks providing personalized responses to customers queries in real-time. Though bots are largely used in Facebook, Slack, and Skype messaging apps, AI makes it easy for organizations to integrate chatbots into their native mobile applications.
There is a proven record that chatbots significantly improves the functionality of mobile apps where the conversational interface increases user engagement and drives app adoption across the organization. With each user interface, the app becomes more accurate in delivering results, which is a significant one.
It is a futuristic technology that delivers more realistic experiences to the users especially in gaming space. Considering the case of ‘Pokemon Go’, it created a temporary storm on the eastern seaboards with it's extraordinary Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies. Most of the marketers use this technology in promoting their campaigns and target their customers.
In future, developers working in Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality are expected to create breath-taking mobile applications with compatible hardware entering the market.
Blockchain
The blockchain is more than just a technology behind the crypto currencies. It may be considered as a digital account book of economic transactions that is programmed to record virtually the financial transaction values.
Conclusion
Mobile applications have covered a long distance in a short span of time since its evolution. With these advents of new technologies, the mobile app development era will scoop deep the future and flourish further in the marketing world.