Five Mobile Gadgets Every Business Needs

Five Mobile Gadgets Every Business Needs

As laptops and tablets get thinner and lighter as well as more powerful each year, being ultra-mobile gets easier. Smartphones also get smarter and batteries lasts longer thereby making a business owner to communicate with clients from every location. Generally speaking, whether or not you are an entrepreneur who runs things from the corner café, the following mobile gadgets will immensely help your business.

Blue Microphones Tiki(A Compact Mic)

This is a laptop accessory that you can use to record podcast-quality audio while on the go. You can also use the Tiki as a mic for Skype and other VoIP calls that delivers interview fidelity sound. To use Tiki, simply plug it in via USB and it is ready to go. The main benefit of using Tiki is clear: It does not only filter out background noise  but it also focuses on one voice, mutes automatically while, at the same time, records a wide range of audio from locals to acoustic guitar (Bradford, 2012).

Braven 650 – A Bluetooth Speaker

The Bluetooth headset is a device that do not suit everybody. So if you are one of those business owners who do most of their conferencing  from the privacy of a hotel room or at home, you will find the Bluetooth speaker  known as Braven 650 very useful. Two  of its advantages is that it is small enough to be carried in a laptop bag. In addition, it offers rich, rounded audio. Besides, you will be heard loud and clear through the integrated microphone by the listeners on the other end of the call when  using it during a tele- conference. Two other important features of this device is also evident: First, it makes music and video sound great when you are ready to relax. Second, the battery last for up to 20 hours. Hence it is equally possible for you to use it to charge your smartphone  as well as other USB-powered gadgets(Bradford, 2012).

Tablet – Ative Smart PC Pro 700T(Windows 8 Version Hybrid)

Broadly speaking, with the advent of the Microsoft’s Windows 8, tablets such as the Ativ Smart PC Pro 700T transformed from entertainment devices that needs add-ons to get business-ready into a device that runs the full operating system without compromise. This feature made tablets to become easily converted to laptop when needed. It is important to state here that Ative Smart PC Pro 700T can work independently of the base and looks, feels and acts just like a laptop, complete with a secure, sturdy hinge once connected.

Smartphone - HTC Windows Phone 8X

The HTC Windows Phone 8X is a smartphone designed to integrate seamlessly  with Windows, particularly Windows Office. This device will be very useful for the business person, and even managers on the go. One more good thing about this smartphone:  It is available on T-Mobile, AT & T and Verizon Wireless.

Tablet – Nook HD

For the business owner who is always travelling from city to city, this Barnes & Noble’s 9-inch Android tablet has the perfect size and weight s/he can use for reading digital magazines and newspapers. One other important characteristics of this device is that it has an app known as the Nook Newsstand that offers access to hundreds of periodicals. It also has a Scrapbook app that can enable the business owner or an executive to “tear” out pages and save them in personalized collections – a feature that make research or saving topic-specific  stories easy and convenient(Bradford, 2012).

Reference

Bradford  K.T.(2012, November): Executive Gift Guide – Mobile Gadgets for Business. Black Enterprise, 43(4), 42-44.