# Help Using and Installing Apps and WebApps

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- Help Using Apps Apps are small programs or pieces of software that run on mobile devices providing information and services. Mobile devices include SmartPhones (eg Apple iPhone,Samsung Galaxy), Tablets (eg Apple iPad, Google Nexus) and hybrids of both.
  - Apps come in 2 varieties
  - WebApps WebApps are websites that run on mobile devices. These are accessed through a WebBrowser on a mobile device (eg Safari, Chrome, or Internet Explorer). WebApps sometimes have an Icon on the Home Screen and often are linked to by a favorite stored on the device.
    WebApps require that you are connected to the internet, and do not require updates.
  - Native Apps Native Apps are Apps downloaded from an App Store. The App Stores include Apple iTunes, Android Google Play, Blackberry World, and Microsofts Windows 8 and RT Store and Windows Phone Store.
    Native Apps require you are connected to the internet to download from an App Store but once they are installed they do not require the internet.
- Help Using App Stores App Stores are locations on the internet that host native apps. To access an App Store you use an App or WebBrowser on your mobile device to browse and search for Apps and when you have made a selection to download and install an App. Examples of Apps to access an App store are Apples iTunes or Androids Google Play.
  As an example use of an App Store to access MHApps set of Apps you would open for instance iTunes and then search for "mhapps" and then select an App eg Detect and install to your device.
- To navigate to the App Stores select the icon below.
- Apple iTunes
- Google Play
- Blackberry World
- Win 8 / RT
- Win Phone
- Help Using QR Scan Codes Qr Scan codes are modern barcodes that point to Websites and Apps on the internet. To scan a QR Scancode you need an App on your mobile device and your mobile device requires a camera to take a picture of the QR Scancode.
  Below Find Links to QR Scanning Programs to Download to your device.
- Apple QR Reader
- Android QR Droid
- Windows 8 / RT Easy QR
- Windows Phone QR Code Reader
- Blackberry QR Code Scanner Pro

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