More

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps

    Windows Phone 7 is largely considered Microsoft’s last stand for mobile relevance. While initial reactions have been good, the first day of Windows Phone 7 sales was not strong. However, a slower uptake could end up being better for business. We’ve compiled a list of 15 of the most downloaded Windows Phone 7 productivity apps.

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 1

    Click through for 15 top Windows Phone 7 productivity apps.

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 2

    Adobe Reader lets you download and read PDF files from your Windows Phone 7 device. The app is capable of reading PDF e-mail attachments and websites. Adobe Reader completely supports multi-touch gestures and accelerometer, which helps with the view and orientation of PDF documentation.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 3

    The Microsoft Tag mobile tagging system instantly connects you to more information and entertainment without typing long URLs or texting shortcodes. Simply scan the Tag with your mobile phone and Microsoft Tag takes you there. Microsoft Tag multicolored mobile barcodes add unlimited possibilities for making interactive communications an instant, entertaining part of life.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 4

    miTodo is the simplest app to keep your notes together efficiently and methodically. For advanced users, there are other bells and whistles to satisfy your needs once you get used to the basic UI.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 5

    Notesly Free is a simple note-taking application. Take notes by drawing on the screen or by typing text.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 6

    WinMilk is a task manager and to-do list app that syncs with your Remember the Milk account. WinMilk lets you view your RTM tasks by date, list, smart list and tag, as well as search. WinMilk also lets you add new tasks with RTM’s Smart Add syntax, and complete and postpone tasks. The app caches data locally so you can see your tasks even if you do not currently have a network connection.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 7

    Password Padlock is an application for securely storing passwords on the phone. A single master password of the user's choosing is used to encrypt all the other passwords in the collection using AES encryption. The master password is never stored on the phone.

    Cost: $0.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 8

    Currency7 is a simple and straightforward currency converter.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 9

    Quick dial offers direct access to a list of your most called contacts.

    Cost: $0.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 10

    Community Megaphone is a great way to discover information about the upcoming Developer and IT Pro events in your neighborhood. The Community Megaphone application for Windows Phone lets you find events near you with a single tap.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 11

    Scrum Planning Poker is an agile estimating technique for agile and Scrum teams.

    Cost: Free

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 12

    Have a need to send SMS text messages to several contacts at once? Group Text makes that task simple and fast by letting you define groups of contacts and pre-defined messages so you can easily send a message to your group members at any time.

    Cost: $0.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 13

    MagikMail is a YouMail visual voicemail client for Windows Phone. With MagikMail and YouMail, you can now access your voicemails just like you do your e-mails, and listen to your voicemails in any order you want.

    Cost: $2.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 14

    Note2Self is a fast way to get things out of your head and into your e-mail inbox. When you’re on the move, you’ll frequently think of ideas or tasks that you need to act on. Note2Self allows you to very quickly take a note of them and send them to your own inbox, where you can process them later.

    Cost: $0.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 15

    Track your mileage, cost of fuel, miles per gallon, history of fill ups and more with Mileage Tracker.

    Cost: $1.99

    15 Hot Windows Phone 7 Productivity Apps - slide 16

    Envision is a mobile basecamp client that allows users to do everything they can do on the basecamp website from the palm of their hand.

    Cost: $9.99

    Get the Free Newsletter!

    Subscribe to Daily Tech Insider for top news, trends, and analysis.

    Latest Articles