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Unless otherwise noted, the apps included here are free of charge and are available in the iTunes app store for iPhone or in application markets for Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile or other devices. Most iPhone apps are also functional on the iPad. iPad usage of Getloaded’s iGetLoaded app has tripled since last October, says Getloaded Marketing Manager Dane Schwartz, an indication of the app markets’ growing significance on tablet devices, as on phones. “At any level of business, whether it’s accounting, freight matching, or navigation, you can pretty much do it from your phone,” he says. While most applications that have been around for a while are functional on the iPhone, software developers are introducing versions built to operate on phones driven by Google’s Android operating system. TransCore marketing rep Eileen Hart reports the company’s research a couple of years ago found that “Blackberry was the most popular one. The iPhone has really taken off since then. Most recently, Android has surpassed the iPhone among our customers.” Regardless of operating system, whether you’re searching for a load, a truck stop, fuel prices, accounting tools, or guides to state hazmat regs, chances are there’s an app for it. FREIGHT iGetLoaded WHAT IT DOES: This app enables mobile access for Getloaded.com load-board users, with GPS-enabled and other load searches, access to broker credit ratings, rate indexing, one-touch calling for load details, PC Miler routing/mileage and more. WHAT THEY SAY: “This app brings all the essential, core features available at Getloaded.com, plus more, right to your fingertips.” Android functionality is coming, says Dane Schwartz, possibly late this year. ACCESS: iPhone. getloaded.com/mobile ITS Trucker WHAT IT DOES: Internet Truckstop’s app allows access to the IT load board to search for freight using GPS or another location and to post your truck. A “Get Me Home” button displays all loads delivering in a radius of your home base. Direct-dial functions enable one-touch calling. WHAT THEY SAY: CreditStop Broker and Days2Pay information is available on each load as a value-added tool. ACCESS: Android, iPhone. iTunes App Store or download for Android at udrove.com/and/trucker.apk My DAT Truckstop WHAT IT DOES: This app provides up to 25 nearby loads per search from TransCore’s DAT network, in addition to access to information about truck stops, alternative parking data and points of interest. WHAT THEY SAY: “There’s a call button integrated into the interface” for load details, says product developer Scott McCollister, plus a “navigate button” to see what’s near your current location. ACCESS: Android; iPhone coming late summer. transcore. com TQL Freight Finder WHAT IT DOES: This app enables searches from your current location or elsewhere of available loads, by trailer type and within an adjustable radius of up to 300 miles, via broker Total Quality Logistics. WHAT THEY SAY: The app enables one- touch calling of TQL agents about particular loads, and offers additional searches by equipment type, load date and destination city/state. ACCESS: Android, iPhone. tql.com uShip mobile WHAT IT DOES: This app helps hotshot haulers and other owner-operators find and bid on freight through the online marketplace uShip. WHAT THEY SAY: Benefits include “push notifications,” alerting bidders to when a bid is accepted or declined or questions are asked; full messaging capability between truckers and shippers; navigation capabilities with map views; optional GPS tracking to alert shippers/consignees to arrival times. uShip recently added brokered loads. The app is in partnership with Unwired Nation. ACCESS: Android, Blackberry, iPhone and others. uship.com 28 OVERDRIVE JULY 2011 POCKET TOOLS