Mobile Applications (Apps) will allow you to further personalize your mobile device to increase its utility. Focusing on apps with educational/clinical uses, some benefits of apps may include:
![Image of cell phone screen with M for Mobile](http://lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com/data/imagemanager/60848/mobiledevices2.jpg)
- Apps are utility or task oriented, so they can help you accomplish your task- i.e.: Increased efficiency when performing tasks.
- Information anywhere! Retrieving reliable information at the point-of-need.
- Easily sharing/accessing files.
- Depending on the app, data may be stored locally, so no network connection is required.
![Screenshot of cell phone screen with numerousApps](http://lgimages.s3.amazonaws.com/data/imagemanager/60848/apps.jpg)
Image from: Jan Persiel (2013), https://www.flickr.com/photos/janpersiel/9873781113/