The iPad is quickly evolving from a mere entertainment device to a Swiss Army knife of business solutions. The iPad has enabled SMBs to become efficient mobile operations, and has been adopted by numerous organizations.
Here are five awesome iPad apps available for business users.
1. Things ($19.99)
Things is an app for task management and productivity, and at its hefty $19.99 price tag is also one of the more expensive apps in the iTunes store. However, Things presents an easy to use interface that allows the user to quickly check items off of a list, organize workloads, and schedule meetings and appointments.
2. Bloomberg (Free)
For any sized business, it is of the utmost importance to understand and know what is going on in the business industry. The Bloomberg iPad App helps to keep users updated on news, stocks, bonds, and much more.
3. Numbers ($9.99)
Numbers offers the iPad an effective and easy-to-use solution for spreadsheets. Numbers has a variety of features, which include 16 different spreadsheet templates, employee schedule, travel planner, mortgage calculator, and much more.
4. Dragon Dictation (Free)
Dragon is a transcribing application that increases worker efficiency by transcribing their voice into an email, document, or text message. Using this app dramatically reduces the time it takes to send lengthy messages.
5. Fuze (Free)
Fuze is the first web conferencing iPad app to fully leverage the tablets interface. The Fuze iPad app provides webinar tools to make presentations through VoIP, and allows sharing of applications and documents for participants.
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