iPad-exclusive apps ideal for meeting planners

20/02/2012

The iPad is a useful and versatile device for meeting planners. Lighter and faster than most laptops, its functionality is perfect for any meeting planner constantly on the go. The Apple tablet is unique in its screen size (9.7 inches), screen resolution, and large keyboard. Even iPad applications have been revamped to look more like Mac software. Although many applications are designed to run on both the iPhone and iPad, there are over 140,000 apps made exclusively for the iPad that the modern meeting planner must try out!

BENTO - Created by FileMaker, Inc., this $4.99 app is like a meeting planner’s personal database, with 25 available templates. Bento allows you to easily organize your contacts like digital business cards; include a photo so you never forget a face! Record a conference or a client meeting so you never miss a beat. Plus, you can track and manage all your events and projects, including images, tasks and key contacts. Then when you’re finished for the day, synch with Bento for Mac!
Download BENTO here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bento-for-ipad/id363230518?mt=8.

TOTAL - This design app can assist you when planning the layout of a meeting room. You can create your own rooms with accurate floor dimensions. Thanks to the EasyAngle sketch function, planners can quickly draw up the floor plan with a finger. Plus adding photos and furniture allows you and your client to truly visualize the final conference setup. It's free!
Download TOTAL here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/total-for-ipad/id372048588?mt=8.

MEETING MNGR PRO - Connect to other iPads (as many as you’d like) and share documents without a server or internet connection! Meeting Mngr Pro is the perfect meeting app. It has the capability to create surveys with a voting mechanism, for a speaker to transfer documents instantly to participants, and to download the contact details of meeting delegates. A shared whiteboard and a recording device will soon be integrated. Thanks to iWikiPhone.com, all of this is possible for $2.99.
Download MEETING MNGR PRO here http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/meeting-mngr-pro/id393701280?mt=8.

BEEJIVE IM - All your conversations in one convenient place! Now meeting planners can chat with clients, friends, and family members on your iPad even on the go. Beejive ($7.99) is compatible with AIM/MobileMe, MSN/Windows Live, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, MySpace and Jabber chat programs. Push notifications ensure you’ll never miss an update. Plus file, voice and image transfers make this intuitive app both reliable and efficient.
Download BEEJIVE IM here http://itunes.apple.com/fr/app/beejiveim-for-ipad/id372269251?mt=8.

iWORK - A combination of Keynote presentations, Numbers spreadsheets, and Pages word processing (each $10.00), this app is the ultimate for productivity. Although this app is also compatible with the iPhone, the tablet’s multi-touch input and large screen are ideal for the slides in Keynote, the columns in Numbers and graphics in Pages. You have the capability of connecting to a projection screen to share your Keynote slides during a meeting! Plus all files can be saved to your iPad as well as synched to your Mac via iTunes.
Download iWORK here http://www.apple.com/iwork/.

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