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3. Read the text below and answer the questions that follow in your notebook.

Brief History of Mobile Apps

Mobile applications are an essential part of our lives. We use them to chat with friends pay taxes, order pizza, take photos of cats,and lots of other stuff Statistically, we're spending more time with our smartphones than in front of PCs. So today, we'll consider the history of mobile applications, trying to understand how they became the center of our attention in such a short period of time.

The very first mobile phone was equipped with features hike word clock, calculator,calendar,and contact book. By the way.do you remember the legendary snake game?The one that made a certain multinational cell phone company extremely popular? At that time, it was the pinnacle of the mobile gaming experience

The Big Change

The announcement of the first smartphone designed and marketed by the company co-founded by Steve Jobs was a giant leap forward in the evolution of mobile apps The digital keyboard revolutionized the way people used mobile apps. Many experts believe that it was the beginning of new era for the whole mobile industry. July 2008 is when everything changed:the digital store of this revolutionary brand went online. In one day, a bunch of apps where released for you to download on the company's smartphone. To be more exact, they released about 552 apps,with 135 ofthem being free to download. In just one week,its users downloaded about 10,000,000(ten million) apps!

The Bottom Line

Mobile applications are in a process of constant evolution, which is unlikely to stop in the near future. What's even more interesting is that mobile applications have started to affect the design and format of smiartphones.as well as our lfestyle The questionis: Do you go for a pizza or do you order a pizza through an app?

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a Why are mobile applications an essential part ofour life? b. What features was the first mobile phone equipped with? c.Why was the snake game so important? d. What began a new era for the mobile industry? e. What is the future of mobile applications?

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Propósito y recomendaciones

Para contextualizar más aún, se recomienda pedir a los estudiantes que con su propio celular busquen aplicaciones relacionadas con el contenido de la lectura,por ejemplo: pay taxes, take photos of cats, order pizza or food, chat with friends.Otra recomendación es solicitar a los estudiantes que busquen una aplicación de algo que les llame la atención o que necesiten en su vida diaria y que puedan compartirlo con la clase. Look for another app you think is interesting or you think you need in your daily life. Share with the class the app you chose and explain to them its use and functions.

Contexto

Las apps son parte de la vida cotidiana de esta generación de nativos digitales.Es necesario hacer una breve reseña de los aspectos más relevantes de la historia de los teléfonos móviles en cuanto a diseño y funciones. Cuente la historia a los estudiantes utilizando las siguientes expresiones:

The first cellphones were bigger, like a walkie talkie. They had an antenna and the screen was very small, unlike today's devices. You could only send and receive text messages and they cost $50.You could also make phone calls. Old cellphones had games installed, whose graphic had not the best quality. Another important aspect regarding design,was that old cellphones did not have touch technology, you had to use them with the incorporated buttons.

Solucionario

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Brief Histroy of Mobile Apps

3.a. Because we use them for different purposes, eg: to chat with friends,order pizza and a lot of stuff.

b. word clock, calculator, calendar,and contact book.

c. Because it was the pinnacle of the mobile gaming experience and made a multinational cellphone company extremely popular.

d. The announcement of the first smartphone designed and marketed by the company co-founded by Steve Jobs and its digital keyboard.e. They will never stop their evolution.

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