The Rising Era Of Iphone Application Development

By Author: Alex Morgan
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In the start of year 2007, Apple encountered the market with like never before gadget with the name iPhone. That particular time, the company didn’t even had any idea they are going to rule the market in such a way that this incredible device is going to be a necessity in upcoming years. The gadget completely changed the meaning of term Smartphone. By the day, four different versions of iPhones have been launched, and every successive version is having more features and attributes than its predecessor. There are number of factors responsible for the tremendous success of iPhone but the most critical one is its ability to support a huge number of simple applications, which were previously not possible for someone to access without a computer or laptop. Due to this fact, both the app stores and iPhone Applications Developmen market has enjoyed a significant boom in very brief period of time.

The app store of iPhone started its business with just 500 apps in July 2008, and soon witnessed a flurry in its business with millions of downloads. Seeing the interest of the people, the company came up with a huge variation of ...
... different apps and soon, the number of iPhone apps reached to over 350,000 in 2011. With rising number of apps and downloads, the iPhone apps development industry too received a huge impact and more and more people started their profession in this sector.

One better thing is, the iPhone apps are provided at pretty decent prices and most of the apps range in between 2 to 5 dollars. Uncountable number of free apps is also able for the beginners who don’t consider paying for them initially. Having these apps has become a necessity for most of the iPhone holders and this trend has provided a significant boom in the industry of iPhone application development. A great number of companies established their feet in this sector and they are outsourcing the development process as well.

iPhone has acquired so much popularity that the companies which previously concentrating on making various applications, software and games for computers and laptops has now started giving a great consideration towards the iPhone version of the same. Due to this, currently the iPhone version of each and every application and software is available in the market. Most of the games are now available in smart phone format and so is the case with other software tools. The best part is, these apps do not require too much time in preparing and even if they are provided for free, they are beneficial for the company as a visitor visiting a site to download a free version of some kind of iPhone app most likely to purchase some other product as well. Keeping this fact in mind, iPhone apps development is beneficial for the company as well as the end user.

The current scenario is just a beginning for the popularity of iPhone application development and this industry is going to enjoy a great boom in forthcoming years. Noticing the success of iPhones, other companies are also launching their products to compete with it and this has provided the user with a good number of options to pick from. The bottom-line is, end user is going to get a good benefit from this trend and so will the companies and apps developers.

Alex Morgan is a software developer who is working in iPhone Application Development department of a leading mobile software company in US and providing his services there. Along with that, he also likes to share his vast knowledge about various iPhone Apps Development techniques through his articles and blogs.