How to use your mobile to kill downtime on the train
Now, we know that British entrepreneurs are a diligent bunch and
rarely if ever feel inclined to waste time. But what's the point of
a smartphone if you can't have a little fun? Read on for the best
ways kill time on the train and stay (sort of) productive.
Plan your next holiday, I mean business trip, and organise it to
within an inch of its life with BlackBerry's new travel app. Billed as an all-in-one travel
service for your phone, it lets you check flight times, delays and
cancellations; find places to eat, shop and sleep; find out
currency conversion rates and weather forecasts or just boast about
where you are by sharing news on LinkedIn.
Okay, so you're unlikely to pass through too many time zones on
a train, unless you're on the Orient Express, but bear with us. If
you do business globally then it's good to know when your contacts
will be up. This app lets you create up to eight global clocks and
link your contacts time zones around the world.
It's great if you need to make sure you're not going to disturb
a cherished client's beauty sleep or spoil your business partner's
dinner. The app also lets you schedule meetings and appointments
easily.
You need never be bored again with this app which delivers
podcasts direct to your Blackberry for free. Subscribe to your favourites or discover new
ones and watch or listen to them whenever you want.
This is a brilliant app for taking quick notes on the move with
the BlackBerry Playbook. It allows you to jot
down ideas as soon as they enter your head, so you don't have to
keep going over it again and again in case you forget.
What makes this app interesting is the fact that your ideas
don't have to be in note form; you can add quick sketches and
charts to bring your thoughts to life. All of your notes can
be saved either as text (.txt) or picture (.png) and later can be
accessed, read and edited.
Train delayed? Or were you too busy playing Angry Birds to
realise it had left…no matter. With the Excuse generator
available on your BlackBerry you have access to world of
plausible-sounding reasons for arriving late.
#MWW offer: share minutes with your
colleagues
As part of Mobile Working Week, BlackBerry and O2
have teamed up to offer Smarta readers an exclusive offer. To find
out how you can share your minutes for free, click
here.
For more information about how BlackBerry can help
your business go to www.blackberry.co.uk/sme
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