Popular Mobile Phone Applications in the UK

All mobile users use an app of some sort to connect to the Internet. And, it’s the social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter that is very popular across the world. However, if you think the most popular mobile phone applications in the UK are Facebook and YouTube, you’re wrong. The mobile users in the UK differ and are obsessed more with Google Maps and Yahoo Weather applications than Facebook or YouTube according to data collected by a research firm. Yes, Facebook and YouTube come only next to maps and weather applications for the Britons. Some of the other popular applications in the UK include Google Mobile, eBay, Sky Sports Live Football Score Center, Yahoo! Stocks, WhatsApp Messenger and Sky News. Britons who give outdated mobiles to phone recycle and get new phones can make use of the various applications in their new device.
Around 6.4 millions mobile users in the UK use Google Maps. What has made Google Maps so popular? Google maps is a useful application provided by Google that give satellite images of many major cities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and many other countries. It also offers street maps, a route planner for traveling by foot, car, or public transport and an urban business locator for many countries around the world. Maybe the love for travel has made millions use Google Maps. What’s more, no matter what mobile you use, you can use Google Maps with ease. Yes, Google Maps application that come pre-loaded on most Android mobile phones and iPhones can also be used on Blackberry or Windows phone to find locations or plan a route.
The popularity of Yahoo Weather with 3.6 million users in the UK shows that the Britons also love to know about the weather in advance. They use the Yahoo Weather frequently to know weather forecasts. The application also give forecast for other weather conditions, including wind, visibility, humidity and barometer readings for many locations. When you give old phone for mobile recycling and upgrade to a new one load Yahoo! Weather to know weather conditions. This mobile service comes pre-loaded on iPhone; however, it works on all other kinds of phones as well. Facebook is the third popular application with 3.4 million users. Here is the list of other popular applications in the UK. So when recycle old phone and get a new mobile, make sure to load your phone with these applications as they are quite useful.
The top 12 mobile phone applications in the UK as in April, 2011

1) Google Maps
2) Yahoo! Weather
3) Facebook
4) Google Mobile
5) YouTube
6) eBay
7) Sky Sports Live Football Score Centre
Yahoo! Stocks
9) WhatsApp Messenger
10) Sky News
11) Skype
12) Shazam

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