Best Windows Phone apps for 2018
We list the important Windows Phone apps to help you choose what to download
Category: Business
Price: Free
No matter how many ways there are for us to interact with each other, email has remained the primary method of communication in professional environments. The Mail app for Windows devices is a no-frills, functional way of accessing your account, create and edit messages, organise your inbox, and more with an interface that takes away all unnecessary complications.
Main Idea: A simple, functional way to access your email account from your Windows Phone.
Microsoft Remote Desktop
Category: Business
Price: Free
View and manage files on your work or home PC from your phone or tablet. Microsoft Remote Desktop allows you to refer back to your desktop PC, find files, or simply access documents from your Windows device, even when you're away from your desk. You can also stream video and audio, read and edit documents, and take advantage of the app's multi-touch experience.
Main Idea: This app is designed for people who need to be able to work from anywhere, so it's perfect for professionals who need to access their PC from home or during their commute.
Office Lens
Category: Utilities & Tools
Price: Free
Office Lens is a Microsoft-developed solution for your digitisation needs. Using the app and your smartphone's camera, you can capture receipts, whiteboards, business cards, and other documents in a speedy and readable manner. Images are saved to OneNote and can also be converted to Word or PowerPoint files.
Main Idea: An app for digitalising print documents receipts and more accessible memos.
Alternatives: ScanWritr, Lens Picker
OneDrive
Category: Tools & Productivity
Price: Free
The most popular cloud storage app for the Windows Phone, Microsoft's own OneDrive lets you keep your photos, videos, documents, and more in a single location that's accessible across all of your devices. Once you start using the app, everything stored within the drive can be accessed from your PC, Windows phone or tablet, and you can also share things more easily between colleagues.
Main Idea: There are a lot of cloud storage options out there. If you're not sure which is best for you, check out our more in-depth look at the most popular services.
Perfect Recorder
Category: Utilities & tools
Price: Free
Note taking isn't always the best way to keep track of information and ideas, especially if it's distracting you from the task at hand. Having a reliable audio recorder and player with playback controls makes it easy to log ideas, dictations, meetings, lectures, or anything else you want to refer to later. With the ability to upload audio files to OneDrive, this app makes sharing and saving your recordings a breeze.
Main Idea: Perfect Recorder makes it easy to share and save your audio files so that you can focus on what you're doing by recording meetings or dictating ideas to refer to later.
Alternatives: Recorder, Voice Recorder, Windows Voice Recorder
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Rene Millman is a freelance writer and broadcaster who covers cybersecurity, AI, IoT, and the cloud. He also works as a contributing analyst at GigaOm and has previously worked as an analyst for Gartner covering the infrastructure market. He has made numerous television appearances to give his views and expertise on technology trends and companies that affect and shape our lives. You can follow Rene Millman on Twitter.
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