So we have a great deal of experience in this space. A few people have expressed some disappointment regarding the mwc announcement of quickoffice for android. Both seem like they will fulfill my needs, and both appear to be highly regarded. And as far as being a competent document editor goes, quickoffice is still the superior app. Google abandonne ses apps quickoffice pour android et ios le. The office productivity suite for onthego featuring online collaboration and. These two apps offers great functionality and features that let you access your office files in the cloud and edit them on your iphone anytime,anywhere. For your convenience howardforums is divided into 7 main sections. Docs to go for iphone finally gets excel documents to go 2. Popular alternatives to quickoffice for iphone, windows, mac, ipad, android and. Mar 28, 2014 that means you can view and edit word, excel, and powerpoint documents on the go using your android and ios smartphones without paying a fee. As expected, youll be able to use quickoffice connect to view, open and edit microsoft word documents and youll also be able to view pdf files.
Quickoffice and documents to go are both great iphone. I could be wrong but i believe quick office is read only while documents to go allows editing. I use them all the time when writing in notebooks for ipad heck, even in forums typing posts like this one. Quickoffice is a close second, and we actually liked the web interface for accessing your iphone documents from your computer. If you need a cheap mobile office suite for your iphone or ipod touch, now is the time to buy. How to make an origami android robot designed by gerwin sturm gerwins website. If the documents to go has vastly superior word processing capabilities, i would choose that anyway. The app that gave symbian users readwrite access to microsoft office 2007 files word. Microsofts aversion to ios, android gives quickoffice a chance.
Google drive is no slouch, but quickoffice simply offers more features. Jan 12, 2010 it took a few weeks after upgrading to get back into the habit of starting documents on the iphone. Office2 was poor enough that we cannot recommend it for normal office document usage, but both documents to go and quickoffice were both good enough to easily recommend for normal usage. Documents to go and i think quickoffice have sync to cloud not icloud. The iphone s builtin viewer has the same shortcomings, but other apps such as documents to go, quickoffice, pages and office 2 do show track changes, and documents to go, pages and office 2 can show footnotes too. Longtime mobile app maker dataviz offers two different versions of its documents to go app for viewing and editing files on the go. For documents, iworks is the better of the 3, but only syncs to icloud. We started in the late 90s making documents to go for palm os. I use ms office more than anything else, but often do minor edits on the go, and since i was evaluating a new dtg version, i figured it couldnt hurt to do another shootout. Sep 04, 2009 this is quickoffice mobile office suite application requires 3. Microsofts aversion to ios and android gives quickoffice.
Quickoffice brings cloud document access and editing to. Syncing quickoffice pro iphone, ipad, ipod forums at. Unfortunately, in order to edit files, you need to upgrade to the premium version of documents to go. Ive been doing research on both of these, but im having a hard time choosing between the two. Googles quickoffice comes to iphone and android zdnet.
Microsoft says it made this change to align office mobile for android and ios with its windows phone counterpart, which has always been free to use. Quickoffice beats microsoft to the punch with iphone app for office documents ed oswald april 22, 2009 1. It developed the quicksheet spreadsheet for palm os, and the free quickoffice and. This app is available only on the app store for iphone and ipad. If you are editing word docs and you have the mes then dtc is the way to go for easy access to you documents damn apple and no centralized file. Six apps to view and edit office documents on iphone and ipad. When it comes to value, the iwork suite of apps will offer the most bang for your buck. Quickoffice lets you open and edit microsoft office documents, spreadsheets and. If you have to create a document on the go that contains tables, images, colors, and charts, you will have better luck using quickoffice to crank it out. Documents to go is a popular application that is available for ios, blackberry and android. May 17, 2012 learn how to transfer files between your computer and your device using a wifi connection with quickoffice pro for iphone and ipod touch devices. Google docs brings your documents to life with smart editing and styling tools to help you easily format text and paragraphs.
You set it up once, and then its just a press of a button to synch in future. Both apps offer folders and subfolders for organizing files. And with the updated ui user interface in the new version, we feel documents to go is almost the most userfriendly option. Les suites et applications bureautiques mobiles comment ca. Another good choice thats available for a wide variety of phones iphone, android, blackberry, palm, symbian s60, and even nokias maemo is documents to go from dataviz. Don, the os already supports the use of arrow keys for navigation. Documents to go offers the lowest price with a universal app but the other two may be better options in terms of functionality and feature set. Both docs to go and quickoffice rely heavily on icons that. Unlike documents to go, this is a separate ipad app. The docs to go program that sits on your desktop synchs everything much more easily, and can just add everything new you add to your documents folder to your iphone if thats what you want, as mentioned by someone else. Quickoffice for android and other prospects phonedog. We take a look at both to see if they measure up and which one. Quickoffice vs documents to go ipad quickoffice the office open xml format ooxml, is an open and free document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents such as text documents including memos, reports, and books, spreadsheets, charts, and presentations.
I need some input on which of these programs is the best one to buy. May 18, 2010 the traditional approach to syncing files generally works well, though for simply adding files, quickoffice mobile connect suites web browserbased interface is faster. Datavizs documents2go or cutting edges quickoffice. Aug 24, 2012 documents to go offers the lowest price with a universal app but the other two may be better options in terms of functionality and feature set. Quick office brought word document editing to the iphone. It took a few weeks after upgrading to get back into the habit of starting documents on the iphone. Although there are several pdf viewer app choices available for android, most users will. Google rolls out quickoffice for android and iphone the next web. Microsofts aversion to ios, android gives quickoffice a. Microsofts aversion to ios and android gives quickoffice a chance with microsoft ignoring ios and android, the market for mobile office software is left to small vendors like quickoffice. Docs to go and quickoffice arent the only mobile productivity suites thinkfree mobile for android comes to mind, but they are the. If you dont use microsoft exchange for your email, then quickoffice is the only way to download email attachments to an iphone. Documents to go, officesuite pro, quickoffice pro, smart office and thinkfree office mobile.
This week, however, quickoffice officially loses its corner on that market with the introduction of documents to go by dataviz, a seasoned contender. Oct 10, 20 and as far as being a competent document editor goes, quickoffice is still the superior app. Quickoffice, documents to go or ms office htc dream. Howardforums is a discussion board dedicated to mobile phones with over 1,000,000 members and growing. You can only view, not edit, word documents in drive for android, and quickoffice opens drive documents as pdfs. It has support for microsoft word, excel and powerpoint. Android documents to go vs quickoffice pro on nexus 7 tablet.
How to edit office documents on your smartphone pcworld. Disponible sur ios, blackberry et android, documents to go est. Google terminates quickoffice apps on android, ios. Documents to go standard office suite for iphone and ipad. Os x, ios, and android, as well as on the web via office online, all sharing the same large core set of capabilities.
Very helpful, exactly the type of feedback i was looking for. Im trying to use quickoffice pro hd on my ipad to work with excel and word files, syncing with my windows desktop. Oct 21, 2010 dataviz has released documents to go 3. Choose from hundreds of fonts, add links, images, and drawings. If youve already got documents stored in icloud from another ios device or mac, theyll be right there ready for you to pick up where you left off. Using dropbox as my cloud source, half the time my documents get corrupted when i send them up to dropbox. Jun 09, 2010 the company has just released quickoffice connect mobile suite for android 1. App vs app for iphone suggestions iphone, ipad, ipod forums. It does work with files received over gmail, but few. If you need to create a basic slideshow on the go, quickoffice has. G1 g1 apps and games quickoffice, documents to go or ms office by writeonthis xda developers was founded by developers, for developers. Quickoffice provides the critical support for office documents. But i am finding that the iphone s screen size makes it easier for me to do more work on the phone vs my previous smartphones and thus i am more careful in considering a doc editing program. What is the best office app for my iphone or ipod touch.
Jul 18, 2012 the touchoptimized, gestureenabled ribbon interface of office apps, both on desktops and online, wouldnt cut it on an iphone or droid. Both are good editing options, but read on to see who will. Quickoffice connect mobile suite for ipad is focused exclusively on the cloud, but does allow uploading files to your ipad via a web interface. Quickoffice mobile office suite is a muchneeded solution that will improve your onthe go productivity with the ability to view, edit, and create office documents and spreadsheets on your iphone. Best office productivity apps for smartphone users. Microsofts aversion to ios and android gives quickoffice a. Ive even read that docs to go has no future plans to do so. In quickoffice and documents to go, you can pinch to zoom the text size and the document continues to fill the screen without making you scroll back and forth.
Although there are several pdf viewer app choices available for android. I currently have both installed, and find that the first is ok for word files but useless for excel files does not support calling data from other sheets in the workbook, but while the second seems to work fine with the excel files, it constantly corrupts my word files. Quickoffice beats microsoft to the punch with iphone app. Through this you can do the following edit word documents edit excel spreadsheets transfer desktop files. Learn how to transfer files between your computer and your device using a wifi connection with quickoffice pro for iphone and ipod touch devices. The iphone may not be my device of choice when it comes to doing significant edits to text documents, but in times of duress, it might be the quickest, most convenient, or even the. Documents to go for android tackles quickoffice with big. Any current users of these apps care to share their recent goodsbads of these apps please. In a flurry of moves today, microsoft has not only released their suite of office apps for the ipad, but they also updated their android and ios office mobile apps to allow for creating and editing documents without requiring an office 365 account so long as its for home use. The traditional approach to syncing files generally works well, though for simply adding files, quickoffice mobile connect suites web browserbased interface is faster. It is now a valuable resource for people who want to make the most of their mobile devices, from customizing the look and feel to adding new functionality.