Google Android, iPhone and BlackBerry owners know that summer’s a time for fun mobile apps: navigation programs for finding that new vacation spot, games and e-books for whiling away the hours once you’re there, restaurant and event finders for nighttime. But now Labor Day’s upon us, and that means it’s time to head back to work. Fortunately, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry all offer apps for ramping up your productivity quickly—whether it’s creating a new to-do list, setting an alarm or syncing your files between devices. In a sign of all three platforms’ growing prevalence among business users and generally work-minded folk, their app stores have filled with an ever-broader variety of programs designed for just this sort of thing. The following apps are all free, although some offer for-pay versions with more features.
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Android, iPhone, BlackBerry Apps for Post-Labor Day Productivity
by Nicholas Kolakowski
Name: Nubi Do
Platform: iPhone Summer’s over, and that means it’s back to the grind. This task manager allows you to set up a monthly task calendar, import and export data from Google Docs spreadsheets, assign priorities and due dates, and leave yourself text notes.
Name: Best Alarm Clock
Platform: iPhone Oh, you’re getting up. Especially when your alarm-clock app features multiple alarms, weather and temperature displays, and a giant snooze button. The 99-cent version allows you to set iTunes songs for your alarm, meaning you can wake to the soothing sounds of "Welcome to the Jungle" at 200 decibels.
Name: iTranslate
Platform: iPhone Summer offers vacation travel, fall a return to business trips. To assist you with the latter, an app such as iTranslate offers translation for words, phrases and some basic sentences in 52 languages, along with the ability to send translated texts via e-mail or Twitter.
Name: Dropbox
Platform: iPhone This app allows you to sync and share files via e-mail, view documents while on-the-go, export Dropbox files to other iPhone and iPad apps, and save videos taken with the iPhone camera to your Dropbox.
Name: Adobe Reader
Platform: Android Adobe Reader allows you to view PDF documents on your Android phone. New features in v9.0.2 include support for languages such as French, German and Italian. PDFs can be opened from e-mail, and a reflow view squeezes the document’s contents to fit the screen.
Name: The Weather Channel
Platform: Android In-depth weather reports for your area. Yes, it’s raining. Yes, you have to go to work.
Name: To-Do List
Platform: Android This app tries to make a "to-do" list as simple as possible: add items, edit items, delete items.
Name: Voice Search
Platform: Android Search your Android phone and the Web via speech instead of typing. This app also allows you to call contacts or obtain directions with the power of your voice.
Name: Player for YouTube
Platform: BlackBerry While the new BlackBerry Torch 9800 contains more integrated multimedia functionality, those with older BlackBerry devices may find procrastination a little easier with this YouTube-centric app.
Name: SmrtGuard Mobile Security
Platform: BlackBerry This app offers the ability to remotely track a stolen or lost BlackBerry via GPS through Smrtguard.com, block unwanted calls, and real-time protection against viruses and malware.
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Google Android, iPhone and BlackBerry owners know that summer’s a time for fun mobile apps: navigation programs for finding that new vacation spot, games and e-books for whiling away the hours once you’re there, restaurant and event finders for nighttime. But now Labor Day’s upon us, and that means it’s time to head back to work. Fortunately, Android, iPhone and BlackBerry all offer apps for ramping up your productivity quickly—whether it’s creating a new to-do list, setting an alarm or syncing your files between devices. In a sign of all three platforms’ growing prevalence among business users and generally work-minded folk, their app stores have filled with an ever-broader variety of programs designed for just this sort of thing. The following apps are all free, although some offer for-pay versions with more features.