Ten iPhone Applications for Project Management

Many business professionals including project managers are now embracing the iPhone, first touted by Mac enthusiasts and techies. Both the Blackberry and Palm brand of phones were almost exclusively used by companies because of their security features, which the iPhone lacked, until the launch of the iPhone 3G. Better security features coupled with the development of numerous applications, has catapulted the iPhone to the front of the business-user ranks of PDAs.

Developers are beginning to target specific users for their applications, and project managers are one such group. Collaboration, sharing, and communication are essential functions in project management and finding the right tools to support those functions can be tedious with the hundreds of applications available on iTunes. Here, we've put together a list of ten iPhone applications for project management you may want to check out as most of these apps can now be used with the iPad 2 as well.

Cisco’s Webex Meeting Center is a free iPhone application for project management and is now in version 1.5.1 with a file size of 7.0 MB. This app makes it easy to implement conference calls right from your iPhone in 10 different languages. Your iPhone operating system must be 3.0 or higher and allow you to set up a video or audio conference, designate a host and each attendee by a single tap on the individual's name. Webex offers document and note sharing, indicates to all attendees who is speaking and can interact with any computer, not just Macs.

You can schedule meetings and even cancel a previously scheduled meeting and even change the host of the meeting all in touch or pinch on your iPhone.

Cisco has updated the app to work on the iPad as well. If you're on the go and need to stay in touch with your team, this app is a must-have project management tool.

For just $9.99, Left Coast Logic offers up SmartTime 4, now in version 4.0.2 with a file size of 4.1 MB.

The SmartTime application can help you stay organized. SmartTime helps you visually prioritize your tasks, events, and appointments into a single view. A nice feature of this app is its ability to show you instantly where you have time slots open for any given day by using its trademarked Floating Dynamic Day mode. It integrates with Google calender and maps if you need those, offers pop-up alert reminders and you can shoot off emails to your project team while you're on the go--a great tool if you manage many projects. For this app for managing projects, your iPhone operating system must be at least 4.0.

From Box.net, Inc comes a great organizer tool, Box.Net. This free iPhone application for project management is now in version 2.4 with a file size of 4.5 MB. Box.Net is a Web-based service that allows you to upload and store your files from you Mac or PC to your Box.Net account. The iPhone application connects to your online account, from which you can view Word documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, presentations, images and more. A great feature of Box.Net is its ability to share and collaborate with others on a single document, multiple documents, or files – similar to Google Docs.

You can even save files and docs to your iPhone or iPad and view and edit them when offline. It also features great tools right from within the app such as accessing FedEx, Zoho spreadsheets, eFax and more.

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