Increase BYOD productivity by adding five apps to your devices

by Jack Wallen | February 6, 2013, 1:07pm PST | Image 10 of 10

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BOYD will require a solid stable of applications to make using your own devices easier within your place of business. Do not be fooled into thinking you can use just any application. With a bit of planning, you can take the right productivity tools with you and get more work done.

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rreddel 12th Feb

The problem with that suggestion is that you would be stuck with a W8 device. Apps make the device and iPhone / Android have that market cornered. These are the two platforms of choice - any others are a lost cause.

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WP8 is the best for this.

robydm1 21st Feb

I use the apps on my WP8 and they work perfectly for me straight out of the box.

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Kingston office is not a good app at all!

ahsommer 12th Feb

Kingston Office is a terrible app.
Slow, sluggish, full of bugs - it came included with my Tablet - POS.

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2nd that on WP8 and I will add Windows RT.

pfdsotm 12th Feb

Do not see the need to have a device that I have to go and install a ton of different add-ons to accomplish what I can do today with my WP8 and Surface RT.

Yes you may get some differnt features using these add-ons. But everything listed above can be done with a Windows Phone and Surface RT and having Skydrive sync to my computer.

No need to convert data from one format to another with my office documents.

I use OneNote everyday for all my note taking and it syncs to my skydrive. Only thing I had to do was have Skydrive installed on my Windows 7 computer.
OneNote, Office Docs, all sync between my devices.

Once we upgrade our SharePoint Server it will add even more flexability.

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