Must-have iphone apps for business user, Part i
| The office has become truly mobile. Explore the world of business apps for the iPhone and start transforming the way you work. In this article, we discuss the must-have iPhone apps for those running and operating businesses in 2011. |
Travel for Business
Kayak PRO lets you find a flight or a hotel, TripIt – Travel Organizer keeps your travel itinerary always handy in your pocket, FlightTrack Pro – Live Flight Status Tracker gives you real-time flight updates and helps you find alternate flights (and works seamlessly with TripIt), GateGuru will guide you to the nearest ATM, post office, or luggage store in the airport. Once you arrive, Taxi! makes it easy to find a cab 24/7 anywhere in the U.S. and don’t forget your Kindle app so you can read on the plane or in the taxi.
Business Communications that Join Virtual Teams
Make free phone calls with Viber, Truphone, or Skype, which has entered 2011 with the ability to make video calls over both Wi-Fi and 3G. Stay connected to your team with Free Conference Call, which lets you hold conferences and even offers free recording. Or try Callvine, with one-click group calls, or Calliflower, which displays a dashboard of conference participants. Send group text messages for free with Beluga. BeejiveIM allows you to stay connected to all your instant messaging buddies anywhere you go. Connect to your company’s Microsoft Office Communicator (OCS) 2007 system on iPhone with iDialogPro. Join online meetings via your iPhone and participate as if you were sitting at your desk with Cisco WebEx Meeting Center. Run online meetings, see real-time screen sharing and view high-definition content from anywhere with Fuze Meeting.
Payment Processing Wherever Your Customers Are
Whether you are selling at a swap meet, garage sale, or art gallery, accept credit card payments right from your iPhone with Square or Intuit GoPayment Credit Card Terminal. And with PAYWare Mobile businesses have a simple and secure way to process credit card transactions.
Expenses Tracked on the Go
Scan your receipts on the go to make generating expense reports a snap with Shoeboxed Receipt Tracker and Receipt Reader. Or use Expensify, which imports your credit card’s purchase history and automatically creates expense reports which it emails from your iPhone.
Business Networking for Super Connectors
Be prepared to work a room and cultivate new contacts. Use LinkedIn to check out new connections, card reader app WorldCard Mobile to scan business cards and CardManager to manage them. There’s also the Business Card Reader that provides a time and cost-efficient way to enter and organize important contacts. Or just use Bump to exchange contact info. Gist creates rich business profiles of people you meet, and Calvetica Calendar lets you easily schedule events with them. Once you have new contacts in your iPhone, use Dialvetica to access them quickly.
Next month we will continue with this list by discussing apps for document access & management, business presentations, invoicing & time tracking, mobile CRM, business productivity, managing finances & payroll, and customer loyalty programs.
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