Top 30 Apps this Christmas for Businesses and Designers

Getting an iPad? Here's a starter on the best Apps for Business + Design

Firstly a very Merry Christmas from Solutions inc. I have compiled a list of top apps for business and design listed below. 

For more apps visit our speialist app pages HERE

1. Pages is the most beautiful word processor you’ve ever seen on a mobile device. This powerful app has been exclusively designed for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch. 

2. Numbers is the most innovative spreadsheet app ever designed for a mobile device.

3. Keynote is the most powerful presentation app ever designed for a mobile device.

4. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your iPhone and iPad and even the Dropbox website! 

5. Bamboo Paper - Notebook; enjoy the ease of your own natural handwriting as you sketch your thoughts on a neat digital paper notebook.

6. FlipBoard; Named Apple's iPad App of the year and one of TIME's Top 50 Innovations, Flipboard creates a personalized magazine out of everything being shared with you

7. Idea Flight is the only tool you need to share ideas, documents and presentations and direct the experience of an audience easily on iPad.

8. Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. 

9. MBA Learning Solutions 2.0 is the new professional standard for mobile Business Education. Download this dynamic new learning tool to discover the business acumen legions pay tens of thousands of pounds for on our own terms and at a fraction of the same cost!

10. OmniFocus for iPad combines the in-depth task management functionality of a desktop app with the advanced mobile experience of the iPad. With flexible viewing options, location-aware task lists, and on-the-fly task entry with voice notes and image attachments, OmniFocus for iPad is the trusted system you need for managing everything in your busy life.

11. OmniGraffle; Need to create a quick diagram, process chart, page layout, website wireframe, or graphic design? With OmniGraffle, your iPad touch screen is your canvas (or graph paper, or whiteboard, or cocktail napkin…). 

12. Roambi Analytics Visualizer Your Business, On-The-Move. Roambi’s immersive dashboard-style analytics let you tap, turn and swipe to analyze and share up-to-the-minute company information on any iPhone or iPad – keeping you connected to your business, anytime and anywhere. 

13. Invoice2go is the fast and easy way to invoice, estimate, bill, collect and report. With over 20 built-in invoice styles to choose from it's actually fun going through and choosing your template and designing your invoice. 

14. FileMaker Go; DO MORE ON THE GO Tackle any task on your iPhone with FileMaker Go. Close sales deals on the road, manage project status while traveling, organise research notes in the field, or check inventory in the warehouse – all while you’re on the go

15. Evernote turns the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad into an extension of your brain, helping you remember anything and everything that happens in your life.

16. Get Fuze Meeting HD and you’ll be running online meetings from your iPad in minutes.

17. Featured in Apple TV commercials. iXpenseIt simplifies daily expense tracking and monthly budgeting. With iXpenseIt, it's never been easier to stay current on your personal budget or for business users, to get faster reimbursements. 

18. Things is a beautifully focused and amazingly intuitive task manager. Other todo applications either oversimplify or are too difficult to use. 

19. The premier app for Google Analytics, Analytics App, now debuts on the iPad as Analytics HD! Only Analytics app for iPad with Segmentation! See charts and reports like you've never seen them before, and share them in a meeting with full screen charts!

20. iThoughtsHD is a mind mapping tool for the iPad. Mindmapping enables you to visually organise your thoughts, ideas and information.

21. FTP on the Go PRO; An FTP client for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. View and edit HTML/CSS/JS/PHP/ASP, or other files on your server with its built in editor to change your website from anywhere.

22. GoodReader® is the super-robust PDF reader for iPad

23. Use OmniGraphSketcher for iPad to make elegant and precise graphs in seconds, whether you have specific data to report or a concept to explain. 

24. Sign-N-Send makes signing documents has never been easier! Sign any PDF and Microsoft Office document straight from your iPhone or iPad and send it via e-mail! Introducing Sign-N-Send, the universal iOS app that makes signing and sending back email attachments quick and easy.

25. UK Train Times provides real-time journey planning for journeys across the National Rail network and live departure information for all National Rail stations.

26. Skitch; Express yourself with fewer words, emails and meetings…with Skitch for iPad! Use shapes, arrows, sketches and text annotation to get your point across fast. Mark up photos, screenshots, maps, and webpages then share them with anyone you like. 

27. AutoCAD WS; View, edit, and share your DWG™ files with anyone, anywhere. AutoCAD WS mobile app enables you to work with AutoCAD drawings directly on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch.

28. Autodesk SketchBook® Pro for iPad is a professional-grade paint and drawing application. Using the same paint engine as its desktop counterpart, SketchBook Pro delivers a complete set of sketching & painting tools through a streamlined and intuitive user interface designed exclusively for the iPad experience. 

29. Instagram 15 million users love Instagram! It's a free, fun, and simple way to make and share gorgeous photos on your iPhone. Pick from one of several gorgeous filtered effects or tilt-shift blur to breathe a new life into your mobile photos. 

30. GarageBand turns your iPad, iPhone and iPod touch into a collection of Touch Instruments and a full-featured recording studio — so you can make music anywhere you go. Use Multi-Touch gestures to play pianos, organs, guitars, drums, and basses.

There are many more I could list and some overlap but they are considered to be some of the best apps out there. Many I have used but a few I have not.

I hope you enjoy these and many more you discover, if you use an App I haven't listed please get in touch with me.

Merry Christmas and here's to 2012!

For more apps visit our speialist app pages HERE