Top 5 Free iPhone Apps for Small Online Business

Unique iPhone Business Apps Increase Entrepreneur Productivity

May 26, 2009

With exposure to a global market, electronic commerce businesses need to accomplish more, in less time, at all hours of the day or night. These free iPhone apps can help.

While the occasional internet start-up is heavily funded and launches with a team on board for support, many begin as a simple one or two person operation, or an extension of a small physical business. How do these e-commerce entrepreneurs manage the demands of a global marketplace?

The following five free business apps are helpful tools for electronic commerce entrepreneurs who find there just aren't enough hours in the day. They allow businesses to take certain duties and processes on the road and negate the need to be tied to the desktop computer to successfully run the business. Each of these are available free of charge in Apple's iPhone App Store. With over 35,000 iPhone apps (and counting) to choose from, it can be difficult to find one that does just what it needs to, to increase productivity and make business life easier and more organized. This is a good place to start.

The FedEx Mobile Free iPhone App

FedEx Mobile allows small business entrepreneurs to perform a number of shipping and receiving tasks from their iPhone. Arrange Ground or Express shipping, find a FedEx location, track current shipments or create labels on the go. The application is simple to learn and navigate, with four options to choose from: Ship, Track, Find locations or Get rates.

An iPhone Business App from Readdle Storage

Readdle gives users the ability to read business documents, books or other papers from their iPhone. It supports MS Word or Excel files, as well as PDFs and TXTs. The latest version of this free app allows online business entrepreneurs to download and store up to 512Mb; no internet connection is needed to view documents later. Another improvement is the flash-based upload engine, allowing users to upload several documents simultaneously.

Mocha VNC Lite- Free iPhone Apps

MochaSoft's VNC Lite app gives e-commerce entrepreneurs access to a VNC server while they're on the go. Online business owners are able to access their Mac OS X or Windows PC and view all files and programs as if they were sitting in the office at their terminal. It's a free, easy way to stay connected and informed while out of the office.

Free Mobile Apps from PageOnce

With this free app and corresponding free subscription for PageOnce.com, e-commerce entrepreneurs can organize multiple webpages into a single iPhone display. As a result, the user has instant access to their social networking accounts, bank accounts, investments and more from one location on their iPhone.

Fring's Free iPhone App

Small online business owners who make long distance calls should consider using Skype and its complementary iPhone app, Fring. Users connect to their Skype VOIP account to make free calls anywhere in the world. Busy entrepreneurs can participate in phone conferences on the go while saving money on hefty cell phone long distance charges.

Search Apple's iPhone App Store for more handy business and finance applications. Depending on the entrepreneur's needs, there are news services, productivity and file sharing software, payment processors, voice recorders and much more.

Applications are an inexpensive (or free, as in the cases listed above) way to manage communications and business processes from remote locations. Take advantage of tools to help with small online business time management and productivity. Visit Top 3 User-Rated Free Accounting Downloads for more free small business tools.

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