Does my phone need an Internet connection to install apps from Google Play? First of all please excuse me if this too basic. I'm very new to the Android field. I just bought an Android phone. Now I'm looking to install some apps on my phone.

After some researching I found that Google Play is the place to get all the apps. So I logged in with my Gmail account on the Google Play website and installed Talking Tom app through the browser. It's showing under my "My Android Apps"



But it still hasn't been added in my phone. At first I thought it might take some time for it to get downloaded to my phone. But now it's been more than 3 hours and still it isn't listed under my apps in the phone.

This makes me wonder if this is not how Google Play works. If it's not, then what is the appropriate way to get an app to download to my phone.

PS : My phone does not have an internet data plan and is not connected to the internet. I'm beginning to think maybe that is the reason it's not been downloaded yet. But does it not work something like how SMS's work where you don't need the phone to be connected to the internet?
You do need an internet connection to install apps. It doesn't matter if you install them from your phone or from a PC. 

In order to connect to the internet through a USB connected to your computer, you can use this app, but it requires you to have a rooted device.