The 25 best Android tablet apps for work, productivity, and business

Here are the 25 best andriod tablet apps from medical reference to real-time language translation for work, productivity, and business. Too many? Let’s try one each everyday except weekends.

Thanks to the onset of Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s highly likely that in 2012 we’ll see far more tablet-focused apps than we did in 2011. That’s a good thing, because when compared to the number of iPad apps released this past year, it appears that Android is falling way behind.
That said, we did have trouble narrowing this list down to 25 top work- and productivity-oriented apps. We expect this task to be harder next year

•   SwiftKey Tablet X Keyboard 

We’ve found SwitKey’s custom keyboard to be more efficient than most—it has a split option for landscape, and forward-thinking users will be able to take advantage of this utility’s predictive capabilities, which can really speed you up.

Juice Defender

 It’s not the prettiest of Android apps, but road warriors looking to extend their Android tablet’s battery life should look no further. Juice Defender has more settings, options and toggles than we’ve ever seen. It also has five preset and customizable profiles that allow for easy power management.

 

 RepliGo Reader

This PDF reader does it all. Extensive annotation capabilities, an easy-on-the-eyes night-reading mode, document rotation, and more. RepliGo also gets bonus points for syncing quickly and easily with Gmail, Dropbox, and Evernote.

 

Kindle Reader

Sure, Amazon has created its own tablet, but for existing Kindle subscribers who already own an Android tablet, the company’s Kindle app is ideal. The fact that many newspaper subscriptions now come through to the Kindle app makes it even better, even if they’re not the best-looking digital newspapers in the world.

 

Google Currents

 

Google’s news browser/reader is surprisingly elegant with a nice interface, and nice, clean-looking story pages. ProTip: Did you know that you can access TabTimes through Currents? Look us up.

 Google Translate

An app version of Google’s amazing translation web site, this app quickly translates text between 60+ languages. A new Conversation Mode even allows you to communicate directly with another person in close to real-time.

  

Mindjet for Android

Recently released for Android, Mindjet’s touch-based approach to mind-mapping software is elegant, efficient, and powerful. Existing Mindjet customers will also appreciate the deep hooks into the desktop version of the application.

 

•  Blausen Human Atlas HD                            A fantastic and surprisingly deep reference guide for human anatomy, Blausen HD depicts nine complete body systems, including circulatory, muscular, and nervous systems. Thousands of images, and a deep medical glossary are also included. 

• Due Today      Based on David Allen’s Getting Things Done organizational philosophy, Due Today provides multiple views and ways of organizing your tasks in a manner that is efficient and easy to parse. Small businesses (and homes) will appreciate the ability to set start dates for projects, as well as the automatic syncing with ToodleDo.

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