Applications For the iPhone You Cannot Miss!

With smartphones on the rise and phasing out the basic cell phone, Applications for these devices are overtaking and making everyday chores less of a nuisance. Smartphones are not only for fun and texting and talking anymore, these awesome devices are a tool that helps each business person that is tech savvy eliminate many of the multitasking challenges that business people suffer with each day.

With millions of Applications out on the market for smartphones which ones are good to use? Here is a list of five Applications that are free to download that will help you with some of the everyday business challenges that each business person is faced with.

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1. Vilingo - this application is an awesome virtual assistant that takes the words you speak and put them into text. Need to call the office, need to post an update on your Facebook, or text another person while driving, this application is what you need. Vlingo lets you minimize the typing you need to do on your smartphone.

Vlingo basic service is free on Android, Blackberry, and iPhone Application that is needed by everyone.

2. CamScanner - the CamScanner is one of the best free applications that I have found for the business person on the fly. Basically the CamScanner turns your smartphone into a document scanner at the flip of a switch. Just simply take a picture of the document and the CamScanner crops the image with auto-crop than enhances the image quality and creates a standard PDF file of the document. Again this is one of the first apps that I would search the market place for if you are a business person.

3. Google Maps - With Google's Maps app who needs expensive GPS devices, no one. This free application is another must for all business people on the go. With the expensive GPS systems on the market why spend money on these when Google Maps app is free to who ever owns a smartphone.

4. Credit Card Reader - this application from Square Technology is perfect for the business person that takes credit cards. This pocket-size credit card reader plugs into the audio jack of your iPhone Applications for any business owner that wants to use today's technology to his advantage and stay ahead of the competition. Give these free applications a try and report back to us what you think.

Applications For the iPhone You Cannot Miss!

Cannot Send or Receive Email on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

MAIL ISSUES

The first thing you need to understand about mail on an iOS device is that The mail app is a mail client. It is similar to Microsoft Outlook or the Mail Application in Mac os x. -You cannot create a mail account by using the mail app, instead you need an existing mail account that you will then add into to the app. -Apple provides the settings for some commonly used mail accounts directly in iOS.

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If you use Gmail, Yahoo, MobileMe or AOL all you need is your email address and email password to start sending and receiving mail from your device. If you have any other mail provider you will need some information before you waste your time troubleshooting. It is impossible to fix most mail issues without the right settings.

Contact your email provider and get the following settings: Incoming mail server, Outgoing mail server, correct username and passowrd settings for mail clients is, some use the full email address and some just what is before the @ symbol. Verify your email password. You can test it by logging into your mail provider's webmail. Ask if the email uses SSL, that is a security measure and their answer will be a simple yes or no.

In general, your mail issues will be limited to not being able to send or to receive mail or both. The first thing you want to do is to verify that your device has access to the internet by opening safari and browsing to a couple websites as a test. If you don't have access that is your issue not mail. Since you have all of your mail settings at this point resolving mail issues is straight forward. If you can't receive mail check you incoming mail settings, if you cant send then its your outgoing settings. Go to Settings> Mail contacts and Calendars and tap on the account you are having issues with. Correct any setting that is wrong. The outgoing settings you can access by taping on the SMTP server field. The incoming are under Advanced.

Note that there is a username and password for both incoming and outgoing severs even though the user name and password in general are the same for both (not the server). Usually the fastest method of fixing mail issues is to delete and simply re add your account into the Mail app. If you have your settings this will take a couple minutes at most. A second very rare mail issue you might come across is what appears to be some odd messages in your inbox. They might indicate that they have no content, no sender and a very odd date on them. If you can't delete them manually from your inbox do a reset on the iOS device by holding the sleep/wake button and home button at the same time until you see an apple appear (ignore the slide to power off bar) and they should disappear.

Note that some internet service providers like Road Runner or Cox in what they claim is an effort to reduce spam will not allow you to send mail unless you are connected to their network. That means you can only send mail if your are connected to wifi at home or in a place that uses their service. The only way to get around this is to send mail using their webmail service. Currently only that AT@T version of the iPhone and iPad 3g actually have an alternate outgoing mail server that you might and I stress might be able to use successfully. If you cannot send mail on an AT@T iPhone or iPad 3G, you can go to Settings> Mail contacts and calendars, tap on your account and under the SMPT server simply turn on the AT&T server. It will only work on 3G not Wi-Fi.

Cannot Send or Receive Email on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch