There is a seemingly endless supply of apps
available for today’s popular tablet platforms. In these pages, we have
selected some of the best tablet apps for business, productivity, and travel.
You’ll find a mix of apps that are new or have been recently updated and apps
that have stood the test of time and received high ratings from users.
Agendease
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 2.1MB
Agendease (Rel. Sept. 18, 2012) takes some
of the stress out of meeting planning by categorizing multiple agendas, listing
important attachments, and providing unlimited storage of meeting packets. The
app isn’t only for the meeting planner however; Agendease userscan make the
packets available to participants online. Meeting packets are avail-able for
reference offline any time after you download the content to your iPad.
iOS
| Free | 2.1MB
Egnyte Enterprise
Platform: Android
Price: Free
Size: 1.4MB
Businesses in need of a cloud-based sharing
and storage solution should consider Egnyte Enterprise (Rel. Sept. 10, 2012),
an app that provides the scalability and security offered by the Egnyte
HybridCloud solution. Users logged on to Egnyte from their mobile devices can
access, share, manage, and store files and folders synced to Egnyte Cloud File
Server. The app supports Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, and image downloads, so
users can save them for printing, editing, and projecting. You can share files
among teams and colleagues by via file links or secure email attachments.
Android
| Free | 1.4MB
Form Tools Pdf
Platform: iOS
Price: $4.99
Size: 8.8MB
If you need multiple colleagues to ill out
forms, then you can rely on Form Tools PDF (Rel. Sept. 10, 2012), from Relevant
walk Software, to “create multiple form entries for multiple people.” Form
Tools PDF lets you add text boxes, insert checkboxes, and incorporate photos to
expedite form completion. Plus, the pen tool gives you the ability to write
your signature directly on the form. Tap the lock icon to ensure no one
accidentally modifies any entry, and then you’re ready to export a secure PDF.
Form
Tools Pdf
Hotdoc For Ipad
Platform: iOS
Price: $0.99
Size: 28MB
“Intranet meets mobile desktop” might be
best way to succinctly describe Hot-Doc For iPad (Rel. Sept. 20, 2012).
De-signed to manage your digital files, archive messages, and store media,
HotDoc supports a broad range of file formats. You can also access this central
hub to organize, edit, export, and import files via tap-and-drag gestures. Use
your email accounts, Dropbox, and the built-in WebDAV server to import files
(the latter two also export files). Create new text files, folders, subfolders;
copy or move single documents or multiple folders; and print a full document.
The available annotation tools give you the ability to also add text notes and
mark up a document.
De-signed
to manage your digital files, archive messages, and store media, HotDoc
supports a broad range of file formats.
Id Photoprint
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 8.1MB
ID PhotoPrint (Rel. Sept. 12, 2012) is one
of the newest DIY passport photography apps to hit the app store. After walking
you through a brief tutorial upon your first tap on the app, ID PhotoPrint
quickly directs you to the virtual photo booth. ID PhotoPrint suggests having
someone take your photo with the camera on the back of the iPad due to its
higher resolution lens (com-pared to the lens on the front-facing camera). Have
your photographer use the on-screen guides and countdown timer to line up a precise
portrait, and when you’re satisfied with the final product, you can purchase
prints via the app ($4.95 plus delivery charges for two photos) or print them
on your home printer.
Id
Photoprint
Logmein
Platform: iOS
Price: Free
Size: 15.0MB
With the LogMeIn (Rel. Sept. 28, 2012)
remote access app and desktop soft-ware, you can control your PC or Mac via a
Wi-Fi or 3G connection. After you create a LogMeIn account and install the
appropriate software from LogMeIn.com on your computer, you can access and
control your PC or Mac from your iPad. Incorporated capabilities let you do all
of the following: use computer apps, stream HD video, save files to your iPad,
transfer files between devices, connect to your cloud-based accounts, attach
media files to emails, and move photos.
Logmein
