There are over 200,000 iPhone applications in the Apple’s app store, and a large number of them are available to anyone totally free. Application developers design and release these apps to both test the technologies and to be involved in the development process.
Although the apps are given freely, some attempt is made to recover some of the development costs by placing small ads on the screen to display as the app is executing. In this way revenue is generated for the developer and the process is referred to as making the apps ad supported.
With the great quantity of free apps available, most consumers have grown accustomed to the freeness and find it easy enough to locate the apps they need, so they are never faced with actually purchasing an app.
• On the iPhone push the ‘home’ button. If the screen is locked, unlock it by sliding the arrow. The applications screen should now be visible.
• Browse the apps and select the one you want by pushing the ‘App Store’ icon. You may be prompted to choose a Wi-Fi network. If this happens, press ‘Cancel’ or do nothing until the window goes away.
• You will notice choices such as, Categories, Featured, Top 25, Updates and Search, at the bottom of the screen.
• Free apps are located in Categories, so push the Categories button. Search the page by scrolling down and up for the category you are interested in.
• Look through the apps choices.
• To the right of each app would be listed ‘Free’ or a price. For more information, press the free app. When ready click the ‘Install’ button. Then push the app icon that just appeared, to install the app on your iPhone.
The availability of a large number of iPhone apps has made the phone a helpful device in any business. What follows are some of the most helpful apps currently available.
• Fring – The app will allow you to connect with anyone, in the world as long as they also have Fring. You must be in a WI-FI hotspot for the connection to work, and the calls are free. For low airtime charges, you will also be able to reach landlines through the Internet.
• Evernote – This is a handy note taker that lets you post reminders to yourself, take notes, make audio memos, and take photos. Through the iPhone, you will be able to reach these notes from anywhere, through the Internet, your phone, or the computer. It comes in very handy in the home office because it can be used to snap photos of labels, white boards, and even business cards. You can search your notes by your location also.
• ReQall – The app allows you to manage your tasks in a simple way. After entering you tasks and reminders, the app will organize all details by time, keywords and date for easy recall. The app can convert speech to text so you can easily give it a command to enter information into the ReQall app.
• PageOnce Personal Assistant – An amazing app able to manage flight information, Internet banking details, phone account details, Netflix account details, credit card transactions, and will read Twitter tweets. You could also receive reminders of bills coming due.