Summary: Asia brings you eight apps developed in the region to help turn your iOS device into a work-friendly machine.
Polaris Office by Infraware (South Korea)
Price: US$9.99 (iPhone 5 launch discount; normal price US$19.99)
Users can read and edit document files, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF and so on, on the go.
WorldCard Mobile by Penpower Technology (Taiwan)
Price: US$6.99
Users
can scan business cards in 16 different languages and sync the contact
details to Google Contacts and iCloud. The app also acts as a QR code
reader and can link a contact to his or her social network account.
MEyeProV2 by MEye Tech (China)
Price: US$9.99
Users
can remotely view and control live video streams for real-time
surveillance. Potentially useful for parents with children at home or
for business owners who want to check on their shops.
ExcelContacts by Sam Yu (China)
Price: US$1.99
Users
can export iOS Contacts information to Microsoft Excel or Open Office
Calc files and edit contact details as well as import the contact list
back to their phones.
PDF Reader Pro by YUYAO Mobile Software (Taiwan)
Price: US$5.99
Despite
the name of the app, users can read other files such as Word, Excel,
Powerpoint and images. Users can take photos of documents to turn them
into "scanned" PDF files as well as annotate the files.
TaskBook :To-Do list organizer by Shibuya Masanori (Japan)
Price: US$0.99
Users can create to-do list, tag the tasks into different categories, and drag and drop different tasks.
Awesome Calendar(+Google Task/Diary) by Yunasoft (South Korea)
Price: US$2.99 (promo price. Normal price US$4.99)
Users
not satisfied with the built-in Calendar can check out this app which
allows you to create a to-do list, write notes, check the weather, send
e-mail and so on.
Hancom Office Hanword by Hanword (South Korea)
Price: US$19.99
Another
word editing app for documents with the included capability to edit
*.hwp files (Hangul document) based on Hancom Office 2010.
