In an economy like this, what can companies afford to send his employees on the street with suitcases full of high-tech gadgets? To save costs, have business with only an iPhone application, they book airline flights, arrange appointments and help deliver presentations filled dead.
Apple's App Store has hundreds of travel-related applications and almost all of them are $ 9.99 or less. In fact, the iPhone makes life much easier for business - or at least it is when they find out what it can do.
TripIt, the iPhone application helps busy travelers stay on schedule, no matter how hectic schedule may be this. Here's how it works. "You buy your ticket from wherever," says Brockway. "When you receive the confirmation, by e-mail to us. Then we turn that email into a master tour, and how you're getting more parts of the trip, such as a hotel and a car, it is our technology together in one place. "
It is not hard to see why the TripIt user base is 80% business and 20% leisure. "The Road Warriors are the ones who appreciate our particular application," says Brockway. "The more you travel, the harder it is to remember where you turn next."
Carlos Gomez, the developer behind an application called metropolitan phone, his app designed with business travelers in mind. metropolitan phone provides travelers with instant access to maps of subway and transit systems from around the world. It is practical, he says, while navigating a new city, or just trying to get to downtown by an unknown airport at busy times. "The attempt can be found, subway maps via Google search on a mobile device can be difficult, since many public transportation websites are not optimized for mobile devices," says Gomez.
Mike Richard, editor of Vagabondish.com agrees that iPhone applications have great potential for business. When pressed, he admits, a few favorites - like InstaMapper, an application that makes use of the iPhone 3G's GPS to turn phones into tracking devices. "That makes it easy to find your way back to your hotel," says Richard. On a recent trip, he learned the hard way the full extent of InstaMapper app, after he lost his cell phone in Philadelphia. "If you happen to lose your iPhone while you are out sightseeing, you can easily identify the location of [the InstaMapper] Web site," he says.
Another useful business app: Say Who dialer. The speech recognition app, you can speak first name, last name and even nicknames in your iPhone, and it pulls a list of matching contacts. "I remember more than 1,000 contacts in my iPhone and sometimes the search for a specific person or to try to exactly how to spell her last name is a big job," says Richard.
Carrie Thompson, a writer for BusinessTravellogue.com who frequently travels for business says, the iPhone Maps function is essential. "As a person who is challenged directed, I think the maps feature one of the biggest pluses of the 3G iPhone is," she says. "It is in fact the reason why I decided to buy the iPhone."
Thompson recently wrote about the best iPhone apps for business people in transit. Some of their picks include stagehand, a program that lets you control a Keynote presentation from your phone and sales commissions to & that can have an overview of the commissions you deserve. Then there are drivers. "The Road Warriors out there will find this app useful as a log for mileage, gas, service and spending," Thompson wrote. "It will also send you a reminder email 20 days before your next service is due."
Although Thompson is selling apps on the road, she is not convinced that the iPhone is the best phone for business people on the go. "As with all new technologies, there are a few bumps along the way," she said in an e-mail. "For those considering buying one for business, you should do your homework. AT&T rapidly growing its 3G network, but iPhone users complain of dropped calls are common."
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