Hit the Mobile Malls: Apps Shopping Centers

Social Networking
Popular computer based social networking programs like MySpace, Facebook, and Flickr are all available in mobile format. Communicating with friends and potential friends, sharing pictures and opinions, and generally being in touch are no further than your phone.

Sports
Whether spectator or participant, fantasy or real, there are sports apps to meet your needs. Track your favorite teams, leagues or your own golf or bowling stats; or play sporting games on your device. Golf, hunting, fishing, football, soccer—all on your mobile phone.

Music
For music, movie, or TV fans, there are programs to help you locate your favorites or enhance the media player functions of your smartphone. And don’t forget reading. Classic books from Shakespeare to the Bible are readily available for your mobile device.

Games
Games also rate their own rapidly expanding category. From traditional crossword puzzles, chess, and mahjong to Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPG), you play on your mobile device to your heart’s content. Fairly recent additions to the mix are mobile editions of spectacularly popular music games like Guitar Hero.

Weather
Local, national, and international news is available on your phone with the right app as are up-to-the-minute weather conditions and forecasts. There are also apps designed for students to assist with studies as well as promoting organizational skills.

Utilities
A final group of apps is a catch-all category know as utilities. As the name implies they lend versatility to your smartphone essentially enhancing capabilities such as email, messaging, and personal information management that are already resident on the device.