Part A
1. Find an app that uses device capabilities to provide a product that previously couldn't exist. Explain what makes this app important or innovative.
2. Find an app designed to support a business process. What is the business process? How does the app propose to improve it?
3. Identify and explain a specific business process. How might this process be automated with mobile technology? How might it be completely redesigned?
Part B
1. Find an app that runs on both platforms. Download and run it. Identify the similarities and differences between the platforms.
2. Find out what uses the most battery power on the mobile device. On Android find the battery usage information. This can be in different places on different Android devices but is typically in the Settings app. Scroll through the list of power draws. What requires the most? What requires the least? Note: This feature is not available on iOS.
3. Open an app that uses the GPS (for example, Google Maps). Look at the status bar at the top of the device. What icons are there? What are they doing? Watch until the device goes to black and then turn it on again. What changes occurred in the status icons? Now switch to the home screen. What happened to the status icons?