Your phone runs apps. Cool apps. Fun apps. Free apps. Even if it isn't an iPhone.
The popularity of Apple's App Store vaulted mobile apps to prominence, but techies know that mobile phones have been tiny PCs for years now. The difference today is the buzz and visibility around apps. The idea that you can add to your phone's powers has gone mainstream.
With 100,000 apps, the iPhone certainly has the most apps available, but there's no lack of choice on other platforms. Google's Android phones have more than 10,000. There are thousands for BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Symbian phones, and a couple of hundred for the Palm Pre and Pixi. Even simple phones like the Motorola RAZRcan get into the app game.
Here's the list-