APPs (short for Applications) are programs designed to add new functions and features to your smartphone. APPs allow users to utilize services like Facebook, Twitter, Skype, Pandora, and etc. Additional APPs allow users to play games and find a new place for dinner, for example. There are a wide variety of different categories of APPs (Education, Finance ,News, etc.) APPS are available for iPhones, Android devices, Windows, Mobile, and Blackberry.
WIDGETS are found on Android devices, Window Phones, and Blackberrys. iPhones do not have them. Widgets give you a quick view of different kinds of information and quick access to your APPs and configuration settings. Widgets are very small programs to run on your home screen. These tiny programs often include real time weather, stock reports, top new stories , Facebook updates, and etc. Widgets also provide quick controls for functions like WiFi , GPS, and Bluetooth.
The main distinction is that APPs are fully featured programs while widgets often provide surface controls for APPs and the phone features. APPs generally are several megabytes and may take several minutes to download and install. A widget is much smaller and can be downloaded and configured much faster.
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