How to Turn Your iPhone Into a Mobile Office

Blackberries used to be the phone of choice for business people. However, with major companies like Bank of America and Citigroup considering switching to the iPhone, the tide is starting to turn in favour of Apple. So with that in mind, here are a couple of apps that will let your turn you phone into a mobile office that can read documents, record memos and even manage conference calling at the touch of a button.

Quick Mobile Office Suite

Quick Mobile Office Suite is a great app that will let you view Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint and PDF files. This means you can receive an email, download and view the attachment and then send a message in response, all from your iPhone. Even better you can now create and edit Word and Excel documents. The app’s interface works nicely making word processing a great new feature of your new mobile iPhone office. Apple’s voice memo system is another good way to work on the go. The app comes built in with all new iPhones and allows you to record sounds and voice memos. It’s very easy to share the memos as you can send them instantly by email or even text message. This app should prove particularly popular with journalists and people who conduct lots of meetings on the go.

Powwownow conference call service

Powwownow conference call service is available through an iPhone app that makes it very easy to set up teleconferences on the move. The app is available free of charge from iTunes and allows you to create, view and invite people to phone conferences. The interface works very smoothly on the phone. With this app, the iPhone is now an ideal tool for conducting meetings while on the road. With these apps you can turn your iPhone into a mobile office capable of sending voice memos, creating documents and running teleconferences. But keep your eye on the App Store as new apps are constantly coming out, many of which are targeted at business people. This means the iPhone will continue to improve as a tool for business.