Top Mobile Apps. for Business Owners

by admin on May 17th, 2010

Here is a list of 10 that are very useful along with prices and where to buy directly

1. Check your web site stats from your cell phone.

Analytics App (iPhone) $5.99
Mobile GA (Android) free from Android Marketplace

Keep an idea on how your business is doing, any time, anywhere, with a cell phone interface to your Google Analytics data.

2. Access CRM.

Salesforce.com mobile lite (Blackberry 8000 and 9000 series, Windows Mobile 6 iPhone) free to Professional Edition (or higher) license holders
Oracle Business Indicators (iPhone) free, requires Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus or Oracle Business Intelligence Applications

3. Access and control your desktop computer remotely from your phone.

Logmein Ignition (iPhone) $29.99
Jaadu VNC (iPhone) $24.99
VNC+ (Blackberry) $29.95
Mocha VNC (Windows Mobile) $20

Very useful for those occasions when you need to run or shut down an application or check data stored on your computer when you are out of the office. A large screen device (such as an iPhone) is essential for these applications to be practical.

4. Edit Office documents.

Documents To Go (iPhone, Blackberry, Windows)

Mobile, Android, WebOS coming soon) from $4.99 depending on platform A portable productivity suite, Documents To Go lets you create, open and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents on your cell phone, including files received as attachments.

5. Update your web server on the move using FTP.

FTP On The Go (iPhone) $6.99
MobyExplorer (Java J2ME enabled phones) $14.99

Handy for those times when your web site needs updating or you notice a typo on one of the pages when you are away from your desk.

6. Make credit card sales at trade shows, exhibitions, or outdoor events.

iTerminal (iPhone) $0.99
Paytech (Blackberry) free
Intuit GoPayment (iPhone, Blackberry Curve, Palm Pre, Motorola Razr) free

Use your phone as a credit card terminal for instant transactions anywhere. Intuit GoPayment can also be used with a Bluetooth card reader for added speed.

7. Access project documents created by anyone in your team from your phone – even if computers are switched off.

Sugarsync Mobile (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile) free

After installing Sugarsync Manager software on team members’ Windows or Mac machines, project files or folders are sent to Sugarsync whenever changes are made. A Sugarsync Mobile client enables you to access those files directly from your phone.

Note: Requires a free or paid SugarSync account from www.sugarsync.com.

8. Turn your wi-fi enabled phone into a wireless hotspot using its 3G connection.

Joikuspot (Symbian S60) $21.48
WMWiFirouter (Windows Mobile) $29.99

A simple way to connect your laptop to the Internet anywhere where you have 3G cellular coverage.

9. Run your company’s XenApp hosted Windows applications from your cell phone.

Citrix Receiver (iPhone, Windows Mobile Pro, Symbian S60) free

Use corporate applications directly from your cell phone without the risk of losing or compromising confidential corporate data, since the applications and data run in your corporate data center. XenApp sends only screen display updates to your phone.

10. Hold online meetings from your phone.

Fuze Meeting (iPhone, Blackberry) free
Cisco WebEx Meeting Center (iPhone) free

Host audio conferences with full dashboard controls, see files and presentations, chat via IM, without having to return to your office of carry around a laptop.

Note: WebEx and Fuze Meeting conference services are not free.

Popular provider

Apple – # 1 provider with more than 50,000 apps.

http://www.apple.com/iphone/apps-for-iphone/

http://www.apple.com/iphone/business/apps-for-iphone/intelligence.html

Blackberry

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/services/appworld/

http://na.blackberry.com/solutions/needs/intelligence/#tab_tab_partner-solutions

Droid

http://www.android.com/market/

Resellers

http://www.golivemobile.com/golivepartner.htm