Mobile is the future. In fact, mobile screens will top desktops as the Internet interface of choice by 2015, according to IDC. That’s why we decided to spotlight must have productivity tabley apps for Solopreneurs. As you know, however, the spectrum ranges from entry-level apps to the more advanced tools used by social media savvy, digital natives. What’s more, a mobile tool’s relevance to you as a professional often has as much, if not more, to do with the preferences of the media you target as with your own needs and preferences.
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Mobile is the future. In fact, mobile screens will top desktops as the Internet interface
of choice by 2015, according to IDC. That’s why we decided to spotlight must have
productivity tabley apps for Solopreneurs. As you know, however, the spectrum
ranges from entry-level apps to the more advanced tools used by social media
savvy, digital natives. What’s more, a mobile tool’s relevance to you as a
professional often has as much, if not more, to do with the preferences of the media
you target as with your own needs and preferences.
3. 1. Dropbox
Sharing Is Caring
Dropbox, a cloud storage service that started out first with the
web, has now expanded its product to the iPad. For those
unfamiliar with Dropbox, it is a free service that provides 2gigs of
space to store and be accessed anywhere with a web connection
and across devices. Additional space can be purchased through a
monthly fee.
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4. 2. Flipboard
Easy on the Eyes
Flipboard is a beautiful alternative to your favorite RSS reader.
It is the perfect app to stay in the know on the go when you may
not have the time for a more extensive RSS or Facebook
reading session. But above all else, Flipboard provides an
entirely fresh and new way for you to stay in tune with
mainstream and social news on your iPad.
Linked videos, images and articles are displayed directly,
making the sharing of them evermore user-friendly. The pages
flip like an actual magazine, similar to the turning of pages in
iBooks, as opposed to scrolling, promoting more of the
skimming approach of magazine reading.
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5. 3. Evernote
Your Mobile Catch-All
Evernote, the popular and ever growing service that allows you to
access your digital notes wherever you are is one of the most popular
and highest rated iPad apps. If you live life on-the-go and want a
single easy way to remember notes aside from bar napkins, then the
Evernote iPad App and service is the best solution. The iPhone and
iPad apps are free to download. The service itself is free for you to
use whether you’re on a mobile device or computer.
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6. 4. Tweetdeck
Keeping Your Finger on the Social Pulse
With so many social media networks and avenues available for us
to connect to the world – Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace –
it’s so hard to keep track of them all! TweetDeck, an already
established social feed aggregator with desktop and iPhone
applications, recently released TweetDeck for iPad.
TweetDeck’s look and feel keeps to the same dark black gradient
background as the desktop and iPhone versions. Your followers
and people you follow fill up every space of the app. Spacing is
done perfectly so it’s not overwhelming for you to read. Overall, if
you’ve used TweetDeck for your desktop or iPhone, you’re getting
same easy access and feel you’ve had elsewhere.
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7. 5. Adobe Ideas
Blogging on the Go Made Easy
Adobe Ideas is the free alternative to the essential apps. The app
includes the ability to import photos do draw over and includes two
layers. The app includes a $4.99 in-app upgrade to include up to
10 layers. The brush size is changed by a simple slider. The slider
makes brush size highly customizable. The color selection is just
as customizable. The app includes great opacity controls and
includes a 50 level undo/redo support. The app can send photos
through email or to your photos app. If you are looking for a great
free alternative to the essential apps and really don't need all the
advanced features, then this is the app for you.
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8. 6. Dragon Dictation
Reporting to the Client Just Got Easier
Reporting the numbers is usually not the highlight of any
communicator’s work week. So, of course, you’ll want an easy way to
manage your reporting function while away from the office. We suggest
you try the Google Analytics app.
Google Analytics is available on the iPhone (Analytic), Android (Mobile
GA), Windows Mobile (Phonealytics), and the Blackberry (Nomad
Analytics). You already likely use Google Analytics, but what will come
as a pleasant surprise is how cheap it is to track your PR or marketing
campaign on-the-go. All of these versions are free, except for the
Blackberry version, which comes in at only $4.99. Go measure that!
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9. 7. IM+ Pro
Take a Picture, Get a Clue
One thing that’s essential to a mobile, on-the-go device like the
iPad is a good chat client to keep in touch with all your friends and
co-workers. With IM+ Lite, those needs are satisfied through its
feature-filled services. Aside from its plethora of chat features, IM+
Lite includes a robust in-app browser. The convenience of browsing
the web and not having to close and re-open the app is extremely
useful.
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10. 8. textPlus Free Texting
Text FREE & SAVE up to $240 a year!
Free SMS text messaging comes to the iPad with the ad-supported
textPlus iPad App. Already popular for iPhone and iPod Touch users
who refuse to pay AT&T’s markup for text messaging, textPlus for iPad
provides users with mobile SMS texting capabilities in addition to group
and community messaging.
Text messaging in textPlus is simple. Message friends from your iPad
contact list, manually enter a 10-digit phone number, or message
established lists of textPlus users similar to Twitter’s #HASH tag
messaging system. Note, additional features such as community
messaging and sharing contacts across your other textPlus enabled
devices does require signing in and creating a textPlus account.
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11. 9. Chase Mobile
Your Bank on your Tablet
If you bank with Chase, the newly released Chase Mobile app for iPad
does almost everything you come to need or expect from a mobile
banking app. Once logged in, you can monitor your checking/savings
account, pay your Chase credit card bill, track transactions, and pay bills
from the app if you have set up Bill Pay on your account.
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12. 10. TED
Events Done Right
Technology, Education, Design – or simply TED – started in
the 1980s to bring together thought leaders and speakers
from various professions to discuss social issues, emerging
technologies and today has spanned to virtually every topic.
TED has always provided these talks and presentations for
free. With the latest free TED native iPad app, you can now
access TED talks ranging from Al Gore, Evan Williams and
Seth Godin all for free on the iPad.
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