Apparently, not everyone has a smartphone! News to me.
Anyway, the Dumb Store is potentially very exciting, I think. Apps for ‘dumb’ phones – ie those that have limited ability to access the internet and the web.
They can be interacted with by sending SMS messages or making voice calls.
The SMS option is most interesting as it turns your message into a command line of sorts. So, for the Google Maps directions app, you text something like:
dir High Street, Peterborough to Letsbe Avenue, Dundee
and you then get a text back with the directions. Neato!
Apps are written in Ruby, apparently. Still, a potential step forward for making web services more accessible to folk without the latest mobile kit!
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