I cannot pretend that work was the main reason for getting an iPhone, but I have to say that there are some quite good tools for increasing productivity out there. I mean REALLY increasing productivity, not just allowing you to open a Word/Power Point /Excel file on your device (with the often TINY screen) and "work on it while you are travelling". Come on! First of all, who does not have a laptop with you anyway when on a business trip? So, what is the use of timy office applications? I can't see it. Second of all, the quality of the apps are usually quite bad, so I would not use them anyway. Why replace something you already have, but now on a small screen?
There are, however, areas where I see a definite advantage of having a portable device which fits in your poctet for doing work related stuff. One is planning meetings, where complete access to your full calendar is extremely nice. Second is contacting people, and there the big and powerful adressbook is a definite plus. Both of these are obvious benefits, and included by default in the phone. I have, however, discovered a third use where a truely portable device is a definite advantage - Todo lists. Coming into the Getting Things Done thinking strategy of organizing my life, I found that this is well supported in the way of iPhone apps. There are really simple applications which basically lets you set up todo lists, more advanced one that lets you do more GTD type of task structuring (EasyTask Manager for instance), and then (almost) complete GTD systems with online backends and a wealth of support tools.
I have been playing with two more complete systems - Toodledo and Nozbe. Both have a web interface (Nozbe a bit more pleasing to the eye) and external clients, like on the iPhone, which then syncs seamlessly to the main server. Now nice is this? I decided to stay in Toodledo because it is cheaper and offers more for me even at reasonable cost levels. Properly used, I can open the small app on my iPhone and quickly check whether there is something I could do "while I am here not being terribly busy". A quick tick in the box and achieved tasks are archived and later dismissed everywhere (but kept in a log of course) and with the ease you can enter small tasks in the system, you easilly get control over the small and big tasks in your day. Less stress, more sense of achiement, and all this in a portable format. It's all just a Great Idea.
There are, however, areas where I see a definite advantage of having a portable device which fits in your poctet for doing work related stuff. One is planning meetings, where complete access to your full calendar is extremely nice. Second is contacting people, and there the big and powerful adressbook is a definite plus. Both of these are obvious benefits, and included by default in the phone. I have, however, discovered a third use where a truely portable device is a definite advantage - Todo lists. Coming into the Getting Things Done thinking strategy of organizing my life, I found that this is well supported in the way of iPhone apps. There are really simple applications which basically lets you set up todo lists, more advanced one that lets you do more GTD type of task structuring (EasyTask Manager for instance), and then (almost) complete GTD systems with online backends and a wealth of support tools.
I have been playing with two more complete systems - Toodledo and Nozbe. Both have a web interface (Nozbe a bit more pleasing to the eye) and external clients, like on the iPhone, which then syncs seamlessly to the main server. Now nice is this? I decided to stay in Toodledo because it is cheaper and offers more for me even at reasonable cost levels. Properly used, I can open the small app on my iPhone and quickly check whether there is something I could do "while I am here not being terribly busy". A quick tick in the box and achieved tasks are archived and later dismissed everywhere (but kept in a log of course) and with the ease you can enter small tasks in the system, you easilly get control over the small and big tasks in your day. Less stress, more sense of achiement, and all this in a portable format. It's all just a Great Idea.
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