new iPad 2 owner: Need Business App Recommendations

well here is my list:
pages (9.99)
keynote (9.99)
number (9.99)
adobe ideas (free)
good reader (4.99)
noteshelf (dont know)

 

eNote Taker for hand writing
Chronicle for journals
Notability for notes

 

http://notesplusapp.com/

 

iPad 2 is a great device, but it sounds like you are hoping to get some handwriting apps going. I think you may be underwhelmed by that. Drawing stick figures & diagrams is one thing. A legible signature is another...

There are a bunch of notetaking Apps available. My favorite is Notes+ (or maybe it's NotesPlus). I find that I am able to get legible notes from that one more consistently.

You'll want a stylus (No matter what Steve says, a finger is not a good writing device). I've used several and my Favorite is the BoxWave. Bamboo (Wacom) recently released a stylus that looks promising, but I haven't tried it. They also released a free notepad type app that you might want to download - just search for Wacom in the app store.

There are some really nice diagraming apps available that may be better for the kind of design collaboration you were talking about, but they may be focused on a specific type of diagram, so you'll have to look around. For example, I occasionally work on software and I found an app called iMockups that is GREAT for wire-framing a UI. That may or may not have any applicability for your business, but there is probably something out that does.

Look up the App "Omni Graffle" - it's similar to Visio. The company that makes it (Omni) also has a mind-mapping app, but I can't remember the name. I have never used that App, but Omni has a great rep for both OS X and iOS software.

 

Adobe ideas aint free

 

i bought it when it was free, now it is 5.99, thanks for catching that

 

Quick sale ( for invoicing)

 

Not sure of the prices, but suggestions are:

• Good Reader for PDFs
• Drop box, a flash drive in the cloud.
• Notability, makes notes and can record meetings. The genius of it is that it puts a time marker at the beginning of each line so you can find a recording section easily
• Simple Mind is a free mind mapping software
• Dragon Dictation, dictates recordings reasonable enough for a free app

 

BrainSqueezer - Collaborative Brainstorming by design

My colleagues and me use BrainSqueezer.
It's a collaborative brainstorming by design app for iPad.
http://brain-squeezer.com