| In most regards, apps work pretty much like any | | | | experience has really changed people's perceptions of |
| other program. You can launch them by simply | | | | iPhone apps and serves as an example of what the |
| choosing their icon from the list on your phone. Once | | | | technology is capable of. |
| launched, however, you will begin to see the ways in | | | | Whatever your need may be, there is likely an app |
| which iPhone apps separate themselves from many | | | | that can help you address it. That said, many of the |
| of the programs you may already have on your | | | | best iPhone apps are merely for entertainment and |
| computer or other smartphone. | | | | serve little actual purpose. There exists an app that |
| Some apps offer the exact functions you would | | | | visually simulates a broken screen on your iPhone. |
| expect and probably already enjoy in other formats. | | | | Why anyone would want such an app is questionable, |
| Spreadsheet, typing and email clients are abundant on | | | | but the value of having the option is very appealing |
| the iPhone and performance is typically more limited | | | | to many iPhone owners. There is also an app that |
| by the size of the screen than by any CPU or RAM | | | | can identify any song playing on the radio simply by |
| limitations. Web surfing and instant messaging can | | | | holding your iPhone up to a speaker. |
| also be handled by the app of your choice and there | | | | If you are so inclined, you could head over to Apple's |
| are many options for both product categories. | | | | iPhone app store and, within minutes be: giving |
| Due to the iPhone's microphone, tilt sensors and | | | | yourself a breathalyzer test, waving a virtual lighter in |
| touch screen, there are many apps that offer | | | | the air, reading an e-book, playing a Sudoku puzzle, |
| experiences that simply cannot be matched by any | | | | enjoying a game of Pac-Man, charting the route for |
| other device. One particular app, called Ocarina, | | | | your next car trip, purchasing airplane tickets or even |
| makes brilliant use of the touch and microphone | | | | watching your family pet through your home |
| sensor on the iPhone. An ocarina is a flute like | | | | surveillance system. |
| instrument that is played by blowing air and covering | | | | We see that apps can not only make our lives easier, |
| sound holes. On the iPhone, the sound holes are | | | | but can make our iPhone experience much richer and |
| mimicked on the touch screen, and the microphone is | | | | our travel through life all the more interesting. There |
| able to sense air being blown at it. The result is a | | | | are many thousands of iPhone apps, and more are |
| digital representation of an Ocarina that has seen | | | | being created and released every single day. With the |
| great success in both sales and critical reception. | | | | only obvious limitation in these apps being the |
| Further illustrating the abilities of the iPhone, the | | | | imaginations of the developers, it will take only time |
| Ocarina app also offers a feature where players can | | | | to see how apps will continue to shape our world and |
| listen in on gameplay sessions from fellow Ocarina | | | | enhance our digital lifestyle. |
| owners around the world. This kind of community | | | | |