5 Incredibly Useful iPad Web Conferencing Apps

One of the best things that the iPad can be used for is web conferencing. Thanks to its petite size, light weight, connectivity, vivid screen and front and rear facing cameras, the iPad is perhaps one of the single best ways to conference where and when suits you. With a smaller hand-held device like this, you’re no longer tied to your desk and can have the freedom to conference in a variety of places when it’s important to connect with a client or with other members of your team.

To get you started web conferencing on your iPad, we’ve put together some of the top free apps. The original iPad does not have a front-facing camera to accommodate video conferencing, although the iPad 2 does, so these applications will all offer at least voice conferencing with newer releases offering video conferencing also.

Mighty Meeting [Free]
Mighty Meeting is a relative newcomer to the space and have hopped on the app bandwagon, releasing a dedicated iPad that makes full use of its screen. This app specializes in allowing PowerPoint presentation sharing from anywhere at any time. It can be navigated through to find presentations using a search engine, and it even has options to publish to Facebook or Twitter for those wanting to share their presentations with a wider network of people than just those attending the meeting. Sharing can also be done through an email or blog.

Fuze Meeting [Free]
Fuze for iPad that allows for desktop or screen sharing, auto conferences, and other basic web conference functions that are so useful for people on the go! If you’ve got an iPad 2, then Fuze will also allow you to participate in video conferences, which is a really useful feature that iPad conferencing users were just begging for. Fuze’s app is well worth checking out, especially if you’re already a signed up user of their service.

WebEx for iPad [Free]
A version of WebEx designed specifically for the iPad and iPhone is available from the iTunes store. Using VoIP, voice conferencing is possible with high sound quality, and WebEx for iPad also gives users the opportunity to share files with the demo function that’s built in. It’s simple to use with the iPad’s touch screen and hyper productive.

GoToMeeting for iPad [Free]
GoToMeeting is one of the more popular web conferencing applications, so with business’s adoption of the iPad it was only right that they release a version for the uber popular tablet. Subscribers to the service can download the iPad application for free, use voice chat, as well as complete demonstrations of documents of various types. Some handy functions of GoToMeeting for iPad, beyond what it typically offers, include the option to choose between portrait or landscape and easy touch-screen zoom.

AT&T Connect Mobile [Free]
AT&T Connect Mobile allows for a complete web conferencing experience, including shared white board, voice conferencing and document sharing. It offers everything that a simple but effective web conferencing tool should, and the iPad version is said to be more user-friendly than the one for iPhone, primarily due to the increased screen size.