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The 18 Best iPad Apps For SMBs

Start The Discussion | Jake Widman | April 27, 2010 08:01 AM

With new apps coming every day, the potential business utility of Apple iPad lies ahead. Selecting the right iPad apps is key to transforming Steve Jobs' latest toy into a valuable mobile business tool. To guide you in finding apps that will boost your productivity, we've identified the 18 best iPads apps for small and midsize businesses.

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The jury's still out on exactly what the iPad is good for-is it just an overgrown iPod Touch? (Not that there's anything wrong with that.) Is it a netbook substitute? Or is it the "magical and revolutionary product" Apple claims, something that will forever change the way we work and play?

While we're waiting for the answer, we still have to get work done. And for that we need apps. There aren't nearly as many iPad apps as iPhone apps available... yet. As of early April, according to mobile ad exchange firm Mobclix, there were more than 3,000 iPad-specific apps in the App Store, compared to the more than 150,000 iPhone/iPod Touch apps claimed by Apple. But among these early entrants, we've managed to find 18 that will make the device a useful tool for SMBs already.

Don't forget, though: almost all iPhone apps will work on the iPad as well, although they'll either run in a small, iPhone-size window or simply be enlarged to fill the iPad screen. But if you can put up with a less-than-optimal display, any of our "17 Essential iPhone Apps For SMBs" should also work on the iPad. And if you have a favorite iPhone app that you don't see here, keep checking the App Store: chances are, the developers are working on an iPad version as we speak.

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