| oo much to do, too little time? As any good business | | | | the Caymans, you can now get a full screen view, |
| owner or corporate climber knows, time is money. | | | | audio, and any shared documents through your |
| And anybody with an iPhone or iPad knows that | | | | iPhone. If you're lucky enough to have the iPad, you'll |
| wasted time is wasted money. Use apps to fill your | | | | also get to enjoy all of your docs at nearly normal |
| otherwise wasted commuting time, travel time, and | | | | size. |
| personal time with new ways to stop sweating the | | | | Jobs, Careerbuilder.com; Free. So, exactly how do |
| business details start getting things done. Better yet, | | | | you get that job where you lounge around in the |
| these apps will make your business chores so fun | | | | Caymans WebEx-ing into meetings, and (we assume) |
| you may not even notice that it's long past five | | | | doing other important business things? You may find |
| o'clock. Here are the 5 Best Business Apps for iPad, | | | | it at Careerbuilder.com, and if you can find it by |
| iPhone or iPod touch. | | | | searching CB, the biggest online job-search site, you |
| Dragon Dictation, Nuance Communications; Free. You | | | | can find it using your iPad or iPhone anywhere with a |
| know those movies where the hip young | | | | wireless signal. Match your skills with what an |
| screenwriter picks up a voice recorder and says | | | | employer is looking for--from the Caymans. If the |
| "Idea for a screenplay..."? Aside from being | | | | guy in the WebEx meeting is doing the hiring, SCORE! |
| hackneyed and self-referential, that scene never | | | | If not, in this economy, you may have to settle for |
| depicts the tedious transcription process. "That's | | | | gainful employment in your chosen field. |
| what secretaries are for," you say? Save that | | | | USPS Mobile, UPS Mobile, FedEx Mobile for iPhone, |
| money, and let the app do the work--or more | | | | Various; Free. They do exactly what you think they |
| precisely, the cloud behind the app. You talk, it sends | | | | do. Call for a pickup and track the shipment from |
| to the cloud servers, and back comes the | | | | your iPhone or iPad with WiFi. If you're on the go, |
| voice-recognition transcription. Great accuracy, | | | | and you want to make sure your package is |
| because the code is not squeezed down to app size. | | | | behaving likewise, one or more of these apps is a |
| Just don't use it to send national secrets to the other | | | | must. |
| guys in NSA. If you're worried about interception, use | | | | Office2 Plus, Byte Squared; Free. Office2 Plus gives |
| iTalk Reporter, and transcribe the old-fashioned way. | | | | you access to docs you take with you, docs residing |
| Cisco WebEx Meeting Center, Cisco; Free. You'll want | | | | on mobile-friendly cloud computing services such as |
| to trot up to the deck and off the beach itself; loud | | | | Google Docs and MobileMe, and docs e-mailed to you. |
| breakers may distract other attendees. Yes, Cisco | | | | Through in-app upgrades, which are not free, you |
| WebEx Meeting Center is mobile now, and if your | | | | can also create and edit Microsoft Word and |
| company uses WebEx Meetings, you're one | | | | Microsoft Excel files on your iPad or even on your |
| persuasive pitch away from freedom. What you bring | | | | iPhone if you're in a pinch. |
| to the table is still up to you; remember, people talk | | | | These apps are the best of the best -- some trendy, |
| all the time about "phoning it in," and "iPhoning it in" | | | | some workmanlike, but all indispensable if you want |
| won't get you high marks either. Still, if the main | | | | to start running your business from your iPad or |
| problem is that the meeting is in Lansing and you're in | | | | iPhone. |