Business professionals have been using collaborative software for some time now – especially with the rise of remote employment and outsourcing recently. With the business world becoming more and more independent and mobile, it was only a matter of time before these collaborative types of business services were introduced to the platform of mobile devices as well.
With Internet connectivity and smartphones or tablets being used in such a widespread manner, teams can work together on projects from anywhere. Not only do they not have to be in the same office anymore, but thanks to these types of collaborative applications for mobile devices, offices are not needed at all to collaborate with coworkers.
Here are six fantastic applications for Android-based mobile devices that will allow you to take your business out of the office and interact with colleagues on-the-go.
Quickoffice Pro HD
When most people think of collaboration, they first think of communicating and talking to coworkers, but working together is another big part of collaboration. That is why this application is great, because it gives you the ability to easily collaborate in Microsoft Office documents. This application can easily be incorporated with online applications like Google Drive, Dropbox and SugarSync and other services that a majority people use to keep all of their most important documents in the cloud and available at all times.
Soonr Workplace
Soonr is a mobile cloud service that combines storage and document management services to give your team a place to work online. It is basically a virtual workspace that gives your team not only a place to collaborate, but to store all pertinent files so that everyone can have access to them at all times. It also has a fantastic feature that enables you to use some of your most used files even when you are offline, and once you come online, the file will be updated automatically and synced to the service.
Fuze Meeting
Fuze is the absolute best Android application if you want to have video conferencing capabilities right on your mobile phone or tablet. Of course, it is preferred that you have a mobile device with a front-facing camera and full HD support for the best possible results. You can also upload and share files through Fuze as well as make presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint, videos or images.
Chatter
This is an app that allows you to set up a sort of internal social network for your team of workers. It is as if you have created a Facebook-like service that is only being used by the people in your work team. It allows you to send messages to one another, chat in real-time, share documents, images, create posts and update statuses pertaining to projects.
TappIn
TappIn is a good collaborative tool if your team finds it easier to share their desktops than to work online all of the time. With this application, you will be able to gain access to your colleagues’ hard drives remotely. There are obvious security issues with an application such as that, but TappIn has done a great job with addressing them and guarantees the security and privacy of your files. All of the information is restricted to team members and it is even more secure than working in the cloud.
Seesmic
This app takes social networks that many business professional use and centralizes them so that they are easy to access in a team setting. It can integrate Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz and Salesforec Chatter, among other networks. It is not only handy for collaboration, but it is also great if you are trying to share things publically and want to have a way to get the information out onto all of your social media outlets quickly and effectively.
Are there any more Android applications for collaboration out there that you might prefer? Let us know.
David Lazar is a blogger at CometDocs.com. With a background in journalism, he enjoys writing about and following a variety of topics, including careers, education, technology and new media.
