“Not to sound like a broken record, but the iPad is a consumer device. Actually, as far as I am concerned anything with an Apple logo is–by default–intended primarily for a consumer audience,” Bradley writes. “Despite the passionate zeal of the Apple faithful, you won’t see any Fortune 500 companies lining up to dump Windows-based PC’s for Macs, or BlackBerry smartphones for iPhones any time soon.”
MacDailyNews Take: The third largest U.S company is Mac- and iPhone-based.
Bradley continues, “That said, the iPad–and other Apple devices–can be more than functional business tools as well. The following is a selection of apps that business professionals can use to transform the media-consuming toy into a productive business tool:”
• Salesforce Mobile
• a href=”http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=VeZI/RsU2UI&offerid=146261&type=3&subid=0&tmpid=1826&RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fitunes.apple.com%252Fus%252Fapp%252Ffedex-mobile-for-iphone%252Fid304462049%253Fmt%253D8%2526uo%253D6%2526partnerId%253D30″ target=”itunes_store”>FedEx Mobile
• Meebo
• Freshbooks (MacDailyNews Note: (FreshBooks have discontinued their app due to instability on newer iPhones and instead recommends MiniBooks for iPhone.)
Bradley writes, “This is an exceptionally small sampling of what is available… Despite the repeated mantra that the iPhone and iPad are not for business, there is also a diverse and growing selection of apps designed specifically to change that perception.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Sean” for the heads up.]