When Apple launched the iPhone, many people in the business world – including Microsoft’s CEO at the time, Steve Ballmer – sneered at it. It didn’t have a keyboard, was expensive, and didn’t even have 3G in its original form. A lot has changed since then, and the numerous updates and tweaks that Apple has made have turned it into the perfect on-the-go smartphone for business.
The App Store is the main driver behind the surge in productivity on Apple’s mobile devices, but it has become very crowded – 1.5 million apps, at the last count – and finding exactly the right apps can be difficult.
