Great iPhone Apps for Business

I love adding apps to my iPhone. Especially the free ones. And it’s always fun to get free updates. Here’s a list of my new (not necessarily free) favorites:

• Accounts – Checkbook
  • This is an easy way to keep track of all your checkbook accounts.
• HootSuite
  • Send a tweet from any Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn account, among others. You can also set the time the tweet should go out. Very convenient.
    
• Facebook
  • Keep track of your Facebook accounts wherever you are. Lots of goodies like News Feed, Friends, and Chat.
• Analytics Pro
  • It’s easy to keep track of all your Google analytics accounts.
    
• Lynda.com
  • Now you can watch videos about your favorite software wherever you are.
    
• Barnes&Nobel eReader
  • Buy a book and read it on the go. Great for the gym.
• Amazon’s Kindle eReader
  • Same as above only from Amazon. If you can’t sleep, reading in bed is a lot easier.
• PayPal
  • Keep track of your PayPal account. You can even arrange a transaction with another iPhone user by bumping phones together. Yikes.
• WordPress
  • Update or review your WordPress blogs anywhere. Convenient and fun.
• 1Password
  • Store all your many passwords in one safe place.
• Constant Contact QuickView
  • Now you can keep track of all your email newsletter statistics.
• GoDaddy
  • Find a domain name or review your account. Another convenience I love.
• Carbonite
  • Back up your computer hard disk and view all your files on your iPhone. You must have a Carbonite account for about $50 a year.
• Instapaper
  • Save any website or newsfeed here and read it later in a format optimized for the iPhone.

My contract is up with AT&T in April. That means I’m eligible for a new phone at the usual discount price. Typically Apple introduces a new iPhone model in June or July. So far, no firm news, just some rumors about the next iPhone being an A+ upgrade. Possible multi-tasking, better 5 mp camera, flash, increased battery life. Maybe even video teleconferencing.

Whatever the next generation iPhone is, I’m all set to buy it. I’m holding off on the iPad until I see how things play out. Knowing Apple, if you wait several months there might either be a better price or more of something. Perhaps the 3G model will end up being the same price as the WiFi only model. Apple is tricky that way.