10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

Summary: Need some more reasons to buy one for work? Here are some business apps that will help justify the cost - and they're free.

By Andy Smith | June 29, 2010 -- 13:04 GMT (06:04 PDT)

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Transferring files between an iPad and a desktop/laptop PC - or another mobile device - is not always effortless, not least because the iPad's official email app doesn't have a 'click to attach file' button. So say hello to: Dropbox, a cloud-based storage service that automatically syncs files placed across different devices and offers users 2GB of free storage (and more for a fee).?

?The Dropbox iPad app (shown above) enables easy file-sharing between a desktop computer and the tablet. Touch the '+' sign in the bottom left-hand corner of the app and files stored locally on the iPad can be uploaded to the dropbox - and from there moved over to a Mac or PC.

?Screenshot and captions: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com

Topics: Apps, iPad, Mobility

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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

Only 3 of those 10 apps are what I would consider business related, and of those 3, none of them are serious business apps. Make it a Top 5 list, include Office2-HD and you might have a winning article.

JasonA_SBC
29 June, 2010 10:13

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- RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)
  
  Thank goodness we have available an Official Judge of what is business-related and what isn't. I had foolishly assumed that different items on the list would be appropriate in different areas of business. I stand corrected.
  
  Robert Hahn
  29 June, 2010 12:47
  
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  - RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)
    
    @Robert Hahn
    My junk can be your treasure.
    
    JasonA_SBC
    29 June, 2010 13:40
    
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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

I can see the meme now:

"Popplet cat is watching you conjugate"

joebob2000
29 June, 2010 12:18

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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

Pretty weak list, particularly the last one.

Carlos Alvarez
29 June, 2010 14:42

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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

Drop Box is great. But can it work with Pages, Office2HD, etc.? i.e., can you open from Dropbox and store to Dropbox directly from the app? Would solve the problem that I have no Finder app on iPad

paul.hinz@...
1 July, 2010 11:23

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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

@quner789I sincerely hope with all my heart that these guys who keep spamming will lose their business.

wheres_my_stuff
1 July, 2010 12:05

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RE: 10 free iPad apps for business (photos)

I sincerely hope with all my heart that these guys who keep spamming will lose their business.

wheres_my_stuff
1 July, 2010 12:13

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How about..

a bullshit generator for corporate use...

rag@...
18 August, 2010 12:43

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