Did the first smartphone could download an app

Today our lives move around mobile applications. Apps have made everything just a click away. How apps became such a vital part of our lives and how they went through a dramatic change and development.

For example this alarm clock app. Earlier, a few Java games, a calculator or monthly calendar were all that came under the category of mobile apps. Nokia is still remembered for its famous Snake game on some of its earliest phones. The phone integrated with the innovative concept of wireless email. The pre-loaded features of the phone, such as small arcade games, ringtone editors, calculators, calendars, to-do lists, sketchpad and so forth, are all ancestors of the apps we all know and love today.

In June , Apple released its first iPhone which changed the game of mobile industry. Then came the moment which revolutionized the tech industry and made way for mobile-first startups. Ahead of the launch of iPhone 3G, Apple announced its plans to introduce an iPhone software development kit for app development companies.

So, now the iPhone would support third-party applications using the Safari engine on the device. On launch day the marketplace featured apps. Apps became quite a rage.

One possible future is that apps as we know them will eventually cease to exist at all — being replaced by brand names and services that give you actionable insights throughout the day. Imagine a customised newsfeed full of the services you use — presented at the right time.

Think of how Google Now might evolve, for example. They will design a single experience that will stretch across any internet connected terminal. That brings us back to the concept of cards and how content presented in this way could work well for users on almost any type of screen and be meaningful.

So the future of the app may be no future at all as we move to an era of seamless connectivity and experience wherever we are and whatever device we use. The first iPod would also come with built-in games: Solitaire and Brick.

Back in , however, a young Steve Jobs first envisioned the App Store…or at least a very basic version of it. Jobs imagined a place where software could be bought over phone lines. The iPhone was released in June to critical and commercial success. Native apps were developed, and just over a year later…the App Store was launched.

Nevertheless, as new varieties of smartphones were unveiled, different app clients were introduced. Also noteworthy?