Editor’s Pick: 5 Business Apps for Your iPhone and iPod Touch

In its Business category, the App Store offers only eighteen applications. We’ll show you five handpicked business applications that range in price from virtually ‘free’ (appropriate license required) to a whopping $79.99. Hope you like them! Here we go:

Oracle Business Indications app is a business intelligence application that provides real-time, secure access to business performance information on your iPhone and iPod touch. Since this is a business app, it requires the licensing of Oracle Business Intelligence Suite Enterprise Edition Plus and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications, so that users can view and interact with pre-defined and customized financial, human resources, supply chain, and customer relationship management analytics and business intelligence alerts. This app offers a highly intuitive user interface designed specifically for the mobile business user to browse, search and locate business performance metrics and view metric details. Price: Free (download).

Salesforce Mobile app keeps your critical customer information instantly accessible through the iPhone’s familiar touch screen format, including contacts, accounts, opportunities, leads, and more. Emails, phone calls and maps are accessible right from Salesforce. Additionally, you can build and deploy custom applications right in Salesforce for use on your iPhone or try applications in the AppExchange. This app requires appropriate Salesforce business licence. Price: Free (download).

LionClock Plus app is a time and billing application that helps you track time spent on projects. You can bill clients for your services directly from your iPhone. Emailed invoices include convenient PayPal payment links. This app is great for all self-employed professionals such as freelancers, lawyers, accountants, journalists, consultants, web designers, and others. With Plus edition, you can manage an unlimited number of projects. Price: $79.99 (download).

Mocha VNC app provides access to a VNC Server. Using your iPhone or iPod touch, you can connect to a Windows PC or Mac OS X and see the files, programs, and resources exactly as you would if were sitting at your desk, just on a smaller screen. This application features standard VNC protocol with encrypted password signon, 8 and 32 bit color modes, 6 different Host configurations, Macro support, and more. It has been tested with RealVNC, TightVNC, UltrVNC on Windows, and Apple Remote Desktop, which is included with the Mac OS X. Price: $5.99 (download).

ZeptoPad app allows you to add and brainstorm ideas, sketch, mindmap, design, and planning. You can scribble on the iPhone or iPod touch screen and also type text from the virtual keypad. When you need extra space, just pinch the screen and the workspace will extend. You can drag and move text of picture elements at any time, cut, paste, and resize. When creating graffiti, you can send it by email as an image file to your friends. “Shake & Share” is a special feature of ZeptoPad. When you meet other users of this application, you can send them your worksheet by pressing “Shake & Share” from the menu, then  shake with another iPhone, and ‘voila!’ - your files will be automatically transferred. Price: $9.99 (download).