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The Top 10 Smartphone Apps for Business Owners

October 20, 2012 By Angus Shaw

Apple iPhone 3GS, Motorola Milestone and LG GW60
(Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Looking for the right apps for your business can be difficult, especially now that the App Store has over 700,000 apps, while Google Play has 600,000. To make your search easier, here are the top 10 smartphone apps for business owners.

 

Scan2PDF Mobile

PDFs are incredibly useful; you know that. But what if you were given a hardcopy and not a PDF? No problem. Just run Scan2PDF, scan the document using your smartphone’s camera, and voila—an instant full-colour PDF that you can e-mail. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Smartphones Tagged With: App Store, Google, google docs, MasterCard, Microsoft PowerPoint, Portable Document Format, QuickBooks, smartphone

Onyx Reveals Android Prototype Phone with E Ink Screen

October 19, 2012 By 901am

Screens are always a weak point for any smartphone. It is the major component that drains batteries and you have to crank up the brightness levels if you want to see what’s on the screen under direct sunlight.

Onyx International is hoping that their solution may be able to address the issue of smartphone screens by developing a smartphone that has an E ink screen. Onyx is actually well known in the field of e ink screens since it manufactures the Boox e-readers. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Android, Smartphones Tagged With: Android, Battery (electricity), Boox, Comparison of e-book readers, EINK, Google, Onyx, smartphone

Asus Releases PadFone 2

October 16, 2012 By 901am

 

Asus has officially announced the PadFone 2, the second generation of the company’s innovative smartphone – tablet combination device. The product was launched in two simultaneous events that were held in Milan and Taipei.

 

The PadFone 2 has undergone a major redesign and this more intuitive design is what Asus is trying to sell to consumers. The original PadFone had a small door located at the back of the dock for the PadFone tablet. This is where the smartphone is attached. [Read more…]

Filed Under: ASUS, Smartphones, Tablets Tagged With: Asus, Milan, PadFone, PadFone 2, Random-access memory, smartphone, tablet, Taipei

Jolla Announces Impending Arrival of Meego-Powered Smartphone

October 4, 2012 By 901am

MeeGo IVI home screen from MeeGo 1.1
MeeGo IVI home screen from MeeGo 1.1 (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

The Meego operating system may be poised for a resurrection.

Jolla, a Finnish company, announced back in July that it has picked up the Meego and will start developing new smartphones that run this operating system. Even though not much was heard from the company since then, it has come back with an announcement that it has been able to raise 200 million euros as funding. Aside from this, the company made another surprising announcement – a Meego powered smartphone will be released very soon. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Smartphones Tagged With: Android, Asia, Helsinki, Hong Kong, Jolla, meego, smartphone

How Important is a Mobile App for Your Business?

September 22, 2012 By 901am

Image representing iPhone as depicted in Crunc...
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There is a high possibility that soon the world will be dominated by Smartphones. This is the primary reason why most business owners are turning to making an app for their business. The concern arises from the notion that a lot of people are already dependent on their Smartphones for their internet requirements. Basically, their palm sized handheld devices are doubling as their computers, their diaries, and their social networking aid and of course, their phones.

Having said this, is it absolutely necessary to jump along in sync with the bandwagon of Mobile Application Developers? Before taking the plunge into this field one must think about a few things absolutely clearly. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Apps, Smartphones Tagged With: Handhelds, Mobile application development, Mobile Computing, smartphone

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