Idealic idyllic angry birds and Apples Apps

Typically when one talks of the App within the larger context of visual culture the image one almost always brings to mind that of the Apple iPhone App. As we have explored in previous posts, the Apple App- although ubiquitous as an icon for representing the app in visual - is in fact not the most ubiquitous platform for representing the App. That title falls squarely to the Android App. Given this flip on our popular notion of what visually defines the app, why does the cultural icon of the Apple iPhone app dominat and persist in visual and popular culture? What systems of infrastructure and agency prop up this imagery? And how does this false idalic notion of the app re-enforce our popular perceptions of the smartphone App?

.... [ note this blog post is a though, the research into these questions has not fully been completed ]