App categories

Informative

Showing information.

Examples:

1. DSAT app
2. 陽光新一代
3. News
4. Weather

Utilities

This is a category best for new learner.

Examples:

1. Calculator
2. LifeApp
3. Timezone

 

Location based application

This is native feature in mobile phone. One major difference between the desktop application and mobile application. For example, we can combine information and location to provide location-aware yellow page.

O2O

Online-to-Offline

Applications that make offline life better. Big market.

Social Network

No need to be big. Think Small.

Be laser focus

A good app comes with a philosophy that solve only one problem and it solve it in outstanding way. In each app you design, there should be one single thing you need to tackle.

In each app you design, there should be one single thing you need to tackle.

Example?

 

Exercise

Which app is your pocket solves your daily/monthly inconvient?

What’s next? We’re going to take a look at “Knowing javascript”.