Hidden away in the latest issue of .net magazine is a little piece of information about predicted revenue generated from mobile apps.
It is predicted that by 2013 the annual revenues from services ‘upsold’ via mobile apps will total $14 billion. For those of you who actually download apps you are probably sitting there thinking “Well I am unable to choose what to eat, how to pay and how to ring my grandma, there might be something in this malarky”. But for those that aren’t the power of Apps are summarised by thousands of people on various sites, I will give you a few that are interesting but entirly subjective – the good, the bad and the ugly.
So how can an App benefit you or your business. All Apps aren’t a gimmick and some do have genuine uses. For example mobile apps can be downloaded that calculate profit margins, read PDFs and create spreadsheets. The list is endless and apps can be totally unique to your business because Apps can be built to work with your data.
Going beyond that they can actually make you money. You can sell the Apps but it is common practice to make Apps available for free and then make extended features available at a cost.
Apps have a variety of uses, our current favourite is ‘Tea Round’ , and below are a few links that may get you started:
Tags: Google Android, iPhone, Mobile Apps
