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Austin Sisbarro
Deby Jizi
UWRT 1103 036
18 November 2015
Annotated Works Cited
Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution. New York, N.Y: Films Media Group, 2009. Internet
resource.
In their video Planet of the Apps: A Handheld Revolution, The Films Media Group
(2009) describes the evolution of applications in iPhone and the impact that they have had on
society. With Apples creation of the iPhone they basically opened the door for other companies
the develop applications. Since the day apps were available to the public, they have literally
changed the lives of individuals using them. With this in mind, companies are even beginning to
push their applications in the economic standpoint in order to sell their products. By introducing
applications with the iPhone, Apple opened a completely new industry that has thrived into a
worldwide success. The rapid and instantaneous success of apps, the question is how dependent
will the application using population become on all of these new apps that can accomplish
anything you could ever dream of.
With the video being released a couple of years ago, many of the statistics provided
represent the history/ beginning of the iPhone and application evolution. With the accumulated
sales every month of about $200 million you see the beginning obsession and dependence of
apps on the everyday persons life. With the growth of apps and their abilities it is amazing how
many different apps there all for every type of problem you could ever think of. With everyday
problems becoming solved with the use of applications think about how much the next
generations will depend on applications. The growth of the app store is incredible! The app store
is worth more than Blackberry itself at this point! The reliance of this incredibly growing app
store being up questions on how the next generations will interact with apps. What will be
available? Will the academic standard be altered due to the fact that students will be able to
access answers using applications? With the availability of different devices within a single
application what will happen to those companies economically?
This source was acquired from a transcript of a video documentary aired on a reliable
network, CNBC. The documentary tends to stay unbiased and simply discusses the evolution and
affects of the rapidly growing applications with statistics and numbers. Films Media Group is
based out of New York, N.Y and is featured many times in other sources displayed in our school
library.

Mingis, Ken, and April Montogomery. "The Evolution of Apple's IPhone."

Computerworld. ComputerWorld, 9 Sept. 2014. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
<http://www.computerworld.com/article/2604020/smartphones/the-evolution-of-applesiphone.html>.
In the slideshow, The Evolution of Apple's iPhone, April Montgomery and Ken Mingis
discuss the evolution of the hardware inside each version of the iPhone. The comparison goes
back starting with the first ever iPhone and runs all the way up to the newest iPhone 6S. The
evolution of the iPhone is based around the growing technology and is shown as the specs of
each iPhone increase with every version. The first iPhone was seen as overpriced in the market
and April Montgomery and Ken Mingis display each price for every model following that first
model. The economy surrounding the iPhone was resurrected as the price had dropped to a more
reasonable price the following model. With each model the iPhone became slimmer and the
processor became faster.
It is amazing to think how first iPhone struggled to sell when you think about how fast
the new iPhones sell out! The technology of the iPhone has increased dramatically from the first
one to the newest one! You can log onto your iPhone by putting your finger up to the sensor
now! If your fingerprint is saved in the system does that mean the government has everyones
fingerprint now? With all the advances what problems have come? The price of the first iPhone
is astronomical; I can see why they struggled with the release of the first iPhone. There was a
$300 difference between the iPhone 1 and iPhone 2! Apple realized people were not willing to
pay that much money for that phone yet. The differences between the iPhone models make me
question if they are controlling the evolution to sell more models and products.
Ken Mingis is an Executive Editor for Computer World. Mingis oversees all Apple
coverage for Computer World. The slideshow consists of quotes from Apple representatives and
attributes of iPhone models. There is no bias opinion in the Article as it is merely comparisons.
Not much information regarding April Montgomery and her position in the company except that
she is the Art Director for Computer World. The slideshow was released in 2014, which puts it in
the category of relevant information.

Kim, Ryan. "The IPhone Effect: How Apples Phone Changed Everything." Gigaom.
Gigaom, 29 June 2011. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. <https://gigaom.com/2011/06/29/the-iphone-effecthow-apples-phone-changed-everything/>.
In the article, The iPhone Effect: How Apples iPhone Changed Everything, Ryan Kim
explains how the invention of the iPhone challenged, changed, and disrupted multiple industries.
According to Kim, Apples rise to the top was not as easy as expected. Apples stock shift has sky
rocketed since the appearance of the iPhone. As Apple hasnt taken its reign as king to Android it
has still made a huge presence in the smartphone industry. Apples impact on the carrier industry
was immense. Apples Invention of the iPhone provided the pathway for iPads and tablets. Ryan

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Kim provides the numbers that exhibits Apples impact on the entire industry after the invention
of iPhone.
The iPhone had more of an impact on different types of industries than I thought. The
iPhones release brought approximately 8.1 new customers to AT&T in 3 years! The smartphone
even opened the idea of different types of smart devices like the iPad and tablets! It is incredible
to see the Apple stock triple since the introduction of the iPhone. Since the up come of Apples
iPhone the rest of the competition has had to adapt their material to compete with the iPhone.
With the numbers Apple has produced with the iPhone, I wonder what other industries the
iPhone has hurt/challenged. In 2011, the iPhone revenue brought in $12.3 billion! The iPhone
has become a product that single handily brought Apple to the top. Where would Apples number
be had they never released the first iPhone?
This article contains specific numbers and comparisons that show no signs of biases.
Ryan Kim has recently become the Product Marketing Manager at Google. At GIGAOM, Kim
covered the rise of mobile technology. This article was produced in 2011, and the numbers
provided are statistics, which keep the information reliable as statistics never change. In his time
as a reporter for GIGAOM, Kim also produced articles covering the advancement of technology
at Google and Yahoo.

Afaliq, Alwaleed A. "Smartphones Improvements: Positive and Negative Impact on

Society." Web log post. Just Another Blog. N.p., 19 Sept. 2013. Web. 16 Nov. 2015.
<https://sites.psu.edu/alwaleedafaliq/2013/09/19/smartphones-improvements-positive-andnegative-impact-on-society/>.
Smartphones Improvements: positive and negative impact on society, is a blog post
from author Alwaleed Al Afaliq. Afaliq goes on in his blog post to discuss the positive and
negative effects of iPhones on society. Alafiq analyzed the internet in order to understand how
people feel about the impacts of the iPhone. According to Alafiq, the iPhone has made
information accessible in the palm of your hand, but the addiction of the new technology has
impacted the way humans interact with each other. People remain on their phones will having a
conversation and are completely oblivious to the world around them. On the other hand, the
iPhone has brought us the ability to connect and broaden our knowledge. The iPhone has
changed the way business is dealt with, as meetings can be held over FaceTime and payments
can be made via iPhone. The iPhone technology has impacted the interaction of life negatively
and positively.
I completely agree with Alafiq in his blog. 50% of the time when I am having a
conversation with someone, they are usually on their smartphone. The iPhone has completely
rearranged how human interaction occurs. Every day on campus I see a person bump into
something or simply trip just because they have their face stuck in their phone. The iPhone
wasnt all negative though as it allows connection to occur with ease. I am able to know about
terrorist attacks in foreign countries within thirty minutes of the event. The iPhone opened up the
accessibility of knowledge. The negative effects of the iPhone make me wonder what advances

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in technology further on could help dissolve those problems. The positive effects that the iPhone
has makes me wonder what features the future iPhones will have.
This blog was posted in 2013 and was written by a student attending Penn State. The blog
discusses the effects of the iPhone on society. Alafiq covers both the positive effects and the
negative effects with information found from other sources. Alafiq has three reference sources in
which he posts at the bottom of his blog. Alafiq correctly cites the information within the blog
post to help develop his argument. Based on statements in his post, Alafiq is developing a
smartphone design based on his findings in this post.

Eichenwald, Kurt. "The Great Smartphone War: Apple vs. Samsung." Vanity Fair. Vanity
Fair, n.d. Web. 16 Nov. 2015. <http://www.vanityfair.com/news/business/2014/06/applesamsung-smartphone-patent-war>.
In Kurt Eichenwalds article, The Great Smartphone War, Eichenwald discusses the
class of the two major smartphone companies. Apple and Samsung have been competing for the
edge in the war over the better smartphone. Eichenwald dives into the always continuing legal
struggles as each company accuses the other of copying patent designs. Each company is at a
standoff because they know if they file a claim, the other company will file right back. According
to Eichenwalds article Samsung has a reputation of copying patents and getting caught with it.
As Apple began to develop their first iPhone design, they completed isolated everyone including
some of the people even working on the iPhone. Apple did not want any competition as they
began the design process. As word got out that Apple was making these products, Samsung
grasped the concept and completely made a copy of the phone. Samsung continued to copy each
of the following products that Apple released, which fueled the ongoing legal war.
I always knew Samsung copied Apples designs but I did not know it was to this extent.
Samsung completely copied each one of Apples designs and got away with it because they could
sue Apple right back for copying them. This just frustrates me to think about because they were
getting away with red handed replicating. This war has been going on for years just because
Samsung cant build off their own ideas, they have to replicate devices already made. Apple
needs to take charge and sue them for what they have done. There is no way they can keep doing
this and getting away with it. They have been caught several times and need to have realistic
consequences.
Kurt Eichenwald is a contributor to the Vanity Fair website. He has multiple other blogs
consisting of other global issues of many different topics. Eichenwald does not choose a side in
the war between Apple and Samsung, but tends to simply discuss both sides with facts. A lot of
both arguments are provided with quoted sentences from officials and representatives involved in
the war between Apple and Samsung.

My group meeting went very well. My group members concluded that my sources
contained enough creditability to be listed as a source in my enquiry. In most cases with my
group members there were a couple instances where I couldve had more input for the credibility
like the location of the author or group. Other than that my group members reported that my
material was written in an effective manner and followed the guidelines. I was able to keep all
five of my sources based on the opinions of my group members that reviewed my annotated
works cited. My sources were relevant and contained work to help me later on in my enquiry
report.