Top 20 Android Productivity Apps
Android handsets are pouring onto the market every day and there's a deluge of Android apps competing to fills those screens. To sort through the storm surge of app choices, we've trolled through the Android Market to hauled in 20 Android apps that no business user should be without.
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With Mighty Meeting, all you need to deliver a presentation is your phone. You can upload your PowerPoint or Keynote presentations to your MightyMeeting account and then play them via your mobile device. The app is free, and so is the service, which is still in beta.
Mobile devices running Google's Android operating system are becoming more popular all the time. As of last February, Google reported that it and its hardware partners were shipping 60,000 handsets a day. In the first quarter of this year, Android smartphone sales accounted for 7 percent more of total smartphone sales than Apple's iPhones and iPad did.
The growth in phone sales has led to an explosion of apps for Android-based devices. At the end of last month, bloggers for the online Android app browser AndroLib estimated that there were about 83,000 active applications in the Android market.
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WaveStock isn't just one app; the company offers a suite of apps for tracking various stock indexes, from Nasdaq and Dow Jones to the British FTSE and Spain's IBEX. The Lite versions are free, while the Pro versions add more features and cost €2.00 (about $2.57) per index.
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For viewing or working with Microsoft Office documents, Documents To Go is the top choice. The free version lets you view documents, while the premium version ($14.99) adds the ability to edit them. DataViz' InTact technology preserves Office formatting, even that which the phone app doesn't support.
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Pwn with Your Phone's Document Scanner ($3.99) lets you use your phone's camera to scan documents, convert them to PDF, and e-mail the PDF files. Alternatively, you can upload the file to Google Docs for storing or sharing. A Perspective Add-On ($2.98) corrects the distortion in a scanned document.
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A mobile client for Citrix XenApp, Citrix Receiver (free) gives you access to applications running on that virtual platform. Only screen updates are sent to your phone -- no data is transmitted, keeping your company data secure.
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You're probably familiar with Dropbox for desktop computers: it's the service that provides a cloud-based folder you can use for file sharing, syncing, and remote access. Dropbox for Android (free) brings that functionality to your mobile device: you can view and access files in your Dropbox and send links to others.
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A basic punch-in, punch-out time tracker, Time Recording gives you an easy way to keep track of your work hours while on the move. It can provide daily, weekly or monthly summaries of how you spent your time.
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This client for the online time tracking service Toggl lets you and your employees track their time and create reports. The Toggl Timer Android app is free; the Toggl service costs from free for up to five users up to $79/month for up to 40 users.
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Some of us travel so much that it's hard to remember where we are and where we're supposed to go next. That's what PageOnce Travel is for (free with ads, $4.99 without). It displays your itineraries, hotel and car rental information, and weather and even informs you of flight changes.
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Expensify imports expenses and receipts from your credit cards and lets you use your phone's camera to take pictures of paper receipts. The app is a free mobile client for the Expensify service, which is free for submitting reports and $5/month per user to review and approve reports.
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These days, we all need some kind of password manager to keep track of our login information. Password Master ($1.99) encrypts your passwords but allows you to query them, and will notify you when a password has expired. It can also generate a strong password if you need one.
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Keep track of your phone calls with BizLog Pro ($4.99). It integrates with your Contact List and logs the date and time of your calls; you can then add information about the subject, notes and other info. An accompanying PC client lets you view, archive and print the call information.
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Other file managers for your smartphone let you see the files and folders Android thinks you should see. But to really get into the guts, users with root access can use Root Explorer (£2.50, about $3.90) to access the whole file system. It includes a text editor, XML file viewer and more.
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For general purpose file management, EStrongs File Explorer (free) is the ticket. The app lets you copy, cut and move files, manage your apps and kill tasks if need be. It can even give you access to PCs and servers on your LAN or via FTP or Bluetooth.
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The name says it all: Uninstaller (free) lets you search for an application, view its version, install data, and size and delete it with one click. It ignores system applications that you can't uninstall.
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Like Windows Search or the Mac's Spotlight, Aurora enables you to do a full-text search of everything on your phone -- contacts, calendar, application title, song information, you name it. It learns your search habits so that searches get quicker and easier as you go along.
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Whether traveling or entertaining foreign visitors, Talk To Me (free) lets you speak in English, Chinese, Japanese, French, Spanish, German, or Italian, and it will translate your words into even more languages and speak them for you. The Cloud version is supposed to cause fewer technical issues than the Classic version.
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Network Switcher lets you set up rules for switching between Wi-Fi and 3G network access or for entering airplane mode (no network access). The Lite version (free) enables time-based rules, while Network Switcher Pro (€0.99, about $1.25) also supports rules based on battery level and whether the phone is plugged in.
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Don't let the quirky name fool you: Shead Spreet is a capable mobile spreadsheet that works with Excel files. It supports real-time formulas and can generate graphs. The Pro version ($3.99) has a few more features than the Lite version (free).
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Want to know what's going on on your handset? Fire up Android System Info (free). It supplies a quick overview but also lets you drill down into the details. It lets you kill tasks and uninstall apps and provides system logs that you can save out to an SD card.
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Want to know what's going on on your handset? Fire up Android System Info (free). It supplies a quick overview but also lets you drill down into the details. It lets you kill tasks and uninstall apps and provides system logs that you can save out to an SD card.
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With Mighty Meeting, all you need to deliver a presentation is your phone. You can upload your PowerPoint or Keynote presentations to your MightyMeeting account and then play them via your mobile device. The app is free, and so is the service, which is still in beta.
Mobile devices running Google's Android operating system are becoming more popular all the time. As of last February, Google reported that it and its hardware partners were shipping 60,000 handsets a day. In the first quarter of this year, Android smartphone sales accounted for 7 percent more of total smartphone sales than Apple's iPhones and iPad did.
The growth in phone sales has led to an explosion of apps for Android-based devices. At the end of last month, bloggers for the online Android app browser AndroLib estimated that there were about 83,000 active applications in the Android market.
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