This has become a tablet world. And why not? Consumers are able to use these nifty and highly portable devices to watch movies, surf the Web, listen to online radio and send and receive e-mail messages while on the go. It’s no wonder that tablet sales have eclipsed the sales numbers of traditional laptop computers. But that doesn’t suggest that tablets are perfect. A lot of users have complained that these particular devices falter when it comes to sharing screens with other people. But this, too, is changing, due to several high-end screen-sharing apps for iOS now on the market. Miguel Leiva-Gomez, a writer with the smallbiz technology Web site, took a look at three of the best. Use these apps and you’ll soon be sharing screens easily, even on a tablet.
Join.me
The join.me app is available in free and “pro” versions. To use this app on the iOS operating system, you’ll need to spend about $20 a month for the “pro” version. But as Leiva-Gomez writes, the investment is worth it. The software allows users to share all their screens with co-workers, and it does it without a steep learning curve. It’s extremely simple to use. The program also comes with other bonus features, including instant chat capabilities, Internet calling and file sharing.
Air Sketch
Air Sketch is a formidable challenger to join.me. This app is another that’s simple to operate, according to Leiva-Gomez. It will also change your tablet into a amazingly effective whiteboard that comes with five different drawing tools. You’re able to use Air Sketch to display documents, images, videos and presentations in real time, creating an elegant and simple collaborative workspace.
Conference Pad
Though it’s a relatively simple app, that doesn’t imply that Conference Pad isn’t also a solid one. Leiva-Gomez writes that that this application is especially promising in the case of zooming in on documents and PDFs. As he writes, users can perform this without sacrificing any image quality. The application is also an intuitive one, one that is easy for new users to get down.