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It’s only interesting mobile apps that work. The uninteresting ones are ignored by potential users, who are looking for only those applications that can interest them for a sufficient period of times. Whether iPhone apps, or BlackBerry apps or for that matter any other apps is interesting or boring is decided at the apps development stage itself.

Here are 3 tips that can help you make your mobile apps more interesting.

Captivating Visuals

You might have gone through reams of literature extolling the virtues of content and concept when it comes to developing an app that can definitely interest the user; but the age old tried and tested method is still the way to go when it comes to capturing the imagination of the user. While going through the mobile applications store, the first thing that they are going to notice about your apps is the visuals. Whether they are going to choose to download your apps is determined by the quality of the visuals and whether they are able to generate interest in the minds of the potential users. Even when they are using their mobile apps, its visuals that determine their interest levels in a mobile app. Everything else is secondary.

Engaging Usability

Say for example you are looking for an iPhone application and don’t have any particular category in mind. You just want an app that helps you pass some time. Which amongst all the iPhone apps will be your choice? It will be an app that not only is extremely usable but engaging as well, in fact its usability needs to be engaging. What this means is that that the movement of all features of the iPhone app must work seamlessly and manage to engage you. Such mobile apps offer intuitive user interface that is not only easy to use but helps users interact with the app in a highly satisfying manner.

Simplicity is the Key

You might wonder what simplicity has got to do with the interest quotient of the application. Well, the fact of the matter is that it is only the simplest of apps that work. Apps users aren’t too interested in using mobile apps that are difficult to understand and which have a whole set of instructions that need to be adhered to if they are to optimize the use of the app. What they are looking for is a simple to use apps that require zero explanation in order to be used. It’s important to note that the interest quotient of any app is determined by its simplicity. To think that is only complex applications that have the ability to interest user is wrong. Its only simplicity that works big time!

It is no secret that mobile browsing is the future, as more and more people turn to their mobile devices to surf the web, consume content and more importantly, part with their money.

With this in mind we are asking the question of which is the best way for consumers to interact with companies on their mobile devices, HTML5 web apps or Native apps.

HTML5 – The Web App

HTML5 is optimised for mobile browsing – gone will be the times of opening a flash based site, only to see a whole site full of missing content. HTML5 will have the feel of a flash website, and look just as good (if not better).

Apple and many other mobile operating systems refused to support flash as it was considered to be unstable from the outset, and the technology giants that own these devices realised straight away that when it comes to mobile – stability is key.

HTML5 is the fifth revision of the standardised HTML code released back in 1990, and is the first significant update in its code since 1997, with the release of HTML4.

The Native App

The native app is something that all people are familiar with now (well, anybody with a Smartphone that is). It is the method we know and love. You go to the ‘app supermarket’ (App Store for Apple, AppWorld for Blackberry, and so on) and you search or browse for apps you think you will like, you download the app and then there it is, it is now part of your phone.

This is the method that has made millions of pounds for the likes of Rovio and Zynga and countless other games and clever apps, as well as being used by many content driven companies to give their magazines and newspapers easy access.

It begs the question, ‘If it ain’t broke, why fix it?’ unfortunately; people also said that about Internet Explorer once…

So, will HTML5 overtake the Native App?

From the outset you would think the answer to this question has to be yes. Why would a company or a start-up want to spend precious time and precious money developing for four or five different mobile operating systems, when they can develop a web-app that on paper will perform across the board just as well?

A new OS 7 and a powerful sleek and a trendy presence has made way for BlackBerry to again top the sales charts. It has come out with this new beautiful looking device in merlot and black colors to appeal to both the sexes equally. It is also creating flutters for being the best in mobile communication and in offering the most vivid social experience. Blackberry Curve 9360 is being seen as a new generation Smartphone from the Curve family, being well packed with features like a powerful OS, full QWERTY keyboard, Wi-Fi, applications etc. This launch is sure set to boost the sales for the harbinger, T-Mobile also.

Stylish and suave BlackBerry Curve 9360 comes packed with an array of features that will vie for space for the phone in the global market. BlackBerry, known for balancing people’s personal and professional lives tries yet another attempt with this Curve Smartphone. The new phone has optimized zooming and gaming experience. The phone is packed with the gen-next BlackBerry Curve 9360 browser and the most fluid web-browsing experience till now. It claims a browsing experience like never before, which is the best in the industry. A 2.4 inches touch display and 408X360 pixel resolution contribute to the clarity and sanctity for web browsing experience.

This full QWERTY keyboard is iconic for its approachability, viability and ease of typing. It maintains accuracy and speed and eases mobile communications, making room for an optical trackpad for easy to use, one-handed navigation. Another raving fact about this 9360 Curve Smartphone that endears it to most recent BlackBerry or Smartphone users is its sleek, slim and lithe body. At 3.09Oz with the 2.4″ x 4.3″ x 0.4″ dimensions the phone fits in one’s palm comfortably. To keep up with the multi-utility device demand, the phone is equipped with a 5MP camera with flash, video recorder etc. The device allows makes room for enhancing the quality of their shots, image stabilization, geo-tagging and 4X zooming. So there is no delay really, between your clicking yourself somewhere with someone and your displaying it on your Facebook wall with the all new BlackBerry Curve 9360.

Three is currently one of the few providers that offers laptops on finance in the UK. They currently offer two Samsung laptops compared to tablet PC’s like many other mobile phone providers.

With Three, there are two main ways to choose between laptops on finance. The choice can be made by comparing laptops or by comparing monthly costs.

Both laptops currently offered by Three are made by Samsung. Other than the brand, the laptops have significant differences. The best way to decide which laptop is for you is to figure out what you will primarily use it for.

If you are on the go all the time and do not need much hard drive the smaller N145 may be for you. However, if you need a larger screen because you will be using the laptop for heavier daily use you may want to go with the RV510. Each laptop comes with the same plan which includes a monthly 15GB data allowance. This is probably the easiest way to choose your mobile broadband bundle and is used by most customers that are not comfortably with choosing technology.

The second way to choose a mobile broadband bundle is to look at how much you have available to spend each month. Laptops on finance will be more expensive over time than if you saved up and bought the laptop outright. The N145 laptop is the least expensive model and at the time of writing is 32 pounds per month. The RV510 laptop costs 5 pounds more over the same period. They both come with the same monthly data allowance so it is right to spend time deciding on which laptop to get.

By currently only offering two laptops on finance, Three is limiting its potential customers choices. However, if offering laptops like this proves to be profitable, they will probably offer more options and better spec laptops. If they start doing that, then the two methods discussed here will still be valid but customers will have more options to weigh before making a decision.

For more information on stores that allow you to buy laptops and PC’s on finance with no deposit you should make sure that you do a thorough search in the search engines. The most valuable of all are comparison sites which may prove cheaper than going directly to Three. Useful comparison sites and providers include Phones for U and Carphone Warehouse. As a final note, always make sure you read the small print before signing a contract