Whereas an app once might have been a sticky note in the form of a Post-It attached to your screen or a digital version of the same concept; these days that same idea will be finessed into a far more personal edition. It might record changes to your golfing average, a dynamically updated team calendar complete with pop-up meeting reminders; or a list of things that need doing shared out between you and your significant other.
The concept of 'best' apps is tricky. You're only likely to recommend what's personally useful to you or where you can see a direct usefulness or benefit and a there are many thousands apps to choose from. But not everyone has a smartphone - and we certainly don't all have the same one, which makes for plenty of pub debate about which one is the best. I definitely noted at several points that the apps I was writing about said as much about me as anything. I wanted to include the KnitMinder app, for example.
Many apps are ported across from success iterations on the web or from the original 'app' idea of add-ons for a largely complete computing setup. Others have come about because there's a new hardware platform to which a specific type of app lends itself - the iPad and tablet PCs and various smartphones. For example, a dictation app for a highly portable device such as an iPhone makes much more sense than a similar one for writing a report while sat in a busy shared office.
In fact, my big conclusion was that the best person qualified to choose the best apps is none other than you. Which ones make your day?
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