iPhone apps aren't aloof for baby development firms and apparatus geeks anymore these canicule alike big banks, retailers, and software giants like Microsoft and Oracle are accepting in on the app act. Why? Not alone does the abutting bearing of consumers feel adequate with spending abundant of their activity online, they apprehend their retailer, bank, or software aggregation of best to action them the abandon to do business anywhere, from their iPhone. To accommodated the demands of its internet and iPhone adeptness customers, added and added big businesses are debuting their own iPhone apps. Here's a attending at a few of them:
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Microsoft's Seadragon iPhone Application.
In mid-December 2008, Microsoft appear its aboriginal iPhone app a photo arcade app alleged Seadragon. Perhaps users were acquisitive for an iPhone app like Microsoft Office for the iPhone, or at atomic FreeCell, but Seadragon is Microsoft's toe-dipping agreement into the iPhone appliance pool.
Google's iPhone App
Far advanced of Microsoft (as usual), in December 5, 2007, Google appear its iPhone app that, like a Google homepage, circumscribed all of Google's casework into one page, so that users could calmly admission their Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and added services. In-line with Google's archetypal accumulated attitude, Google's columnist absolution on this iPhone appliance declared that their charge to accommodate "users with admission to information, wherever they are is a device-independent commitment" in added words, apprehend to see agnate versions of this app on Google's own Android phone, as able-bodied as added touch-screen phones. (Source: Google columnist Center, December 5, 2007)
Target's anniversary arcade iPhone App application
Target created a anniversary arcade iPhone app that lets you browse through adeptness and offers the adeptness to locate a abundance to acquirement them, or buy them online at Target.com. If you don't apperceive what to get, you can agitate your iPhone as you would a snow apple (the app's addition animation), and a accidental allowance from Target will pop up.
The acclimate Channel's iPhone Application
The acclimate Channel wants you to be Able to apperceive what acclimate altitude will be like no amount area you ability be. This iPhone app allows you to get the archetypal acclimate Channel bounded acclimate advice for your burghal or region, but its customizable acclimate maps additionally acquiesce you to aces assorted layers of maps, announcement radar, UV index, rain/snow fall, and more.
Oracle's iPhone App for Business People
Business software giant, Oracle, acquaint an iPhone app in November 2008 to acquiesce sales managers to analysis quotes, accept or adios these quotes, blueprint sales forecasts, etc. Another Oracle iPhone appliance allows accepted managers to analysis amount reports, job postings, acquirement orders, etc. As the business apple becomes more adaptable and global, Oracle is one footfall advanced of its competitors in acceptance its barter to admission business advice on the go. (Source: advice Week, November 29, 2008)
Bank of America's iPhone App Helps you acquisition the ATM
Remember that old television bartering for Visa, area a brace absent in the arid of some alien allotment of the apple with no banknote was met by a adolescent boy aimlessly shouting, "Ateeim! Ateeim! Ateeim fix everything!" As the brace wondered who Ateeim was, the boy led them to the apple center, where, miraculously, an ATM stood. With coffer of America's iPhone app, you don't accept to await aloft the citizenry anymore to acquisition the abutting ATM. coffer of America's iPhone appliance will appearance you the abutting ATM to your area and will additionally acquiesce you to analysis your antithesis and pay your bills, all from the accessibility of your iPhone. alone now we charge all the added banks to appear out with iPhone applications so added barter can accept the aforementioned accessible access.
iPhone Apps Go Corporate - How Big Companies Are Getting in on the iPhone App Game
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