Life keeps getting easier for the busy
business professional using an Android platform smart phone or other mobile
device. App developers have caught on to the proliferation of Android devices,
and released a flood of apps onto the market. Read on for some suggestions on
the best Android apps to help you conduct your business.
Skype for Android
Skype has long been the must-use
platform for business people traveling around the world. Their voice over
internet system has allowed for free computer to computer calls, and low cost
computer to phone calls, and vice versa, for years. Now, with the Android app,
the computer has been taken out of the picture completely. Log into your Skype account
on your Android phone no matter where you are in the world, and as long as you
have a data or internet connection, you can call any of your Skype contacts,
anywhere else in the world. Their free, integrated messaging service also helps
you to stay in touch with short messages when a full length call is not
necessary.
Evernote
Evernote is an innovative note taking
interface that business people around the world should consider working with.
The app works on your mobile devices or any desktop computer where you choose
to log in, providing a way to take notes, save them in the cloud, and access
them from any device anywhere in the world. The app itself has a very easy to
use look – letting you easily categorize your various notes and separate them
into aesthetically pleasing folders. You can also share individual notes or
entire notebooks with your chosen contacts, letting you all work together on a
single, collaborative document.
Google Drive/Drop Box
Google Drive and Drop Box are both apps
that help you store documents, photographs, PDFs, presentations, or anything
else to which you might want access.
They provide you with storage space in the cloud that syncs with any
other device where you have downloaded the app, giving you access to all of
your files in one, easy place. Your days
of emailing yourself important documents to be sure you had them on hand are
over – download one of these cloud service apps and have everything with you,
all the time. No more showing up at an important meeting to find you have left
your flash drive at the hotel – Google Drive and DropBox are also accessible
from any computer, so as long as you have your phone, or someone has a
computer, you're all set!
These days, it is almost impossible to
talk about technology and business without mentioning LinkedIn. The original
professional social network now also has an easy to use app for the Android,
letting you keep in touch with your business network on the go, sharing regular
updates about you or your company’s activities with your connections and
followers.
The app market is rapidly growing every
single day, and new, “life-changing” apps are constantly being released. The
apps mentioned here are all great because they fulfill basic needs for business
people everywhere – namely, communication and collaboration.
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I've never heard of evernote...but just tried it and it seems to be just what I was needing. Thanks for the tip (I already had the rest of them!).
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