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Developer: QuickOffice
PRICE: $14.99
VERSION: 1.4.0

iPhone Integration Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Speed Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
User Interface Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Features Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Overall Rating: 4.88 out of 5 stars

On almost every modern computer there is likely to be a modern document creator. It’s a given. Be it Microsoft Office, OpenOffice or iWork, there’s no shortage of competition, and that isn’t just restricted to desktop computing side of things. Mobile versions of such software have boomed in recent years, and there’s one name that has appeared at the top of the list long before Apple’s App Store made its debut on July 10 2008: QuickOffice.

Symbian (S60, UIQ and QUI3), Palm and Android are just some of the platforms that QuickOffice have built on in the past. These mobile versions of Microsoft Office were widely accepted to be amongst the best, and it turned smartphones into very-smartphones. Now it is the turn of the largest app store for third party applications known to date: Apple’s App Store for iPhone and iPod Touch. Never before has the mobile market had so much choice with just one range of mobile devices. So, has QuickOffice rocked the App Store in the way that was expected? Well, it’s currently #1 in the Business section and that’s no easy task. Especially at $12.99 (£7.49).

QuickOffice is a fully-fledged, fully-featured mobile office application. Word, Excel and Powerpoint are some of many names that QuickOffice is built for. It bridges the gap between desktop and mobile writing, bringing the power of MS Office to the power of the iPhone. How does it do this? Well, let’s take a look at each individual part of the app.

QuickWord
The power of Word (or Apple’s Pages) in the power of the iPhone. As you can expect, it’s not exactly the same: 2GHz vs 400MHz and a 20″ screen vs a 3″ one (we’re assuming that you do live in the 21st century and that your computer is more powerful than your iPhone). But it does hold up well in our tests on an iPhone 3G and 3GS, where loading times of documents were minimal and navigating the application was relatively easy. It’s not just for viewing, it’s for editing and creating too and this is where the real creativity of the application shines. An impressive feature list includes:IMG_0286

* Text styles and sizes (bold, italic, 8-72pt)
* Fonts (Arial, Times New Roman and Verdana to name three of seven in total)
* Paragraph indentation and alignment
* Bullet/number lists
* Text wrapping

QuickOffice introduced cut/copy/paste before Apple did, and to top it off there’s a search and auto-save built in. Presently, you can view and edit .txt, .doc and .docx. But what use are these features if it has some ugly GUI or sluggish interface? Thankfully, this isn’t the case – even on our app and music filled iPhones. In fact – it’s quite the opposite. Loading times were quick and the GUI is a favoured minimalist approach; six options at the bottom reveal text formatting; indentation; a keyboard; bullet points; undo; and search. Over 80% of the screen is devoted to the document you are working on – as it should be with any professional application. QuickWord certainly holds up against its rivals in the App Store for documents.

QuickSheet
QuickWord’s sister is the mobile version of Microsoft Excel (or Apple’s Numbers), QuickSheet. Excel is the spreadsheet application of choice globally, meaning QuickSheet must hold up well on the iPhone. It does. Like its sister QuickWord, QuickSheet has an impressive array of features:IMG_0282

* Extensive formatting (bold, italic, symbols and cell background to name a few)
* Multiple sheets
* Full calculations
* Formulae dynamically updated
* Portrait / landscape mode

Preliminary testing was a painless procedure, and the only problem that we encountered was Apple’s keyboard. Having to constantly change to the = and + side of the keyboard made inputting data into cells a little bit lengthier-a-process than we had hoped. Detailed function categories show no shortage of formulae: Math & Trig; Financial; Logical; and Information to name four of nine. Without sounding try, there are pages worth of formulae and statistical methods to work with. Due to the extensive amount of options, the sheet itself covers around 70% of the screen. The bottom menu holds six options: text formatting; text wrapping; sheets; change rows/columns; undo; and search. Cut, copy and paste is in there too. Overall, QuickSheet is yet another no-holds-barred section of the mobile office application. Impressive. Presently, both .xls and .xlsx are editable.

Edit and send attachments, on-the-go
As mentioned in an earlier blog post, QuickOffice have added their piece-du-resistance to the ever popular mobile office application. Now, one can forward attachments to a designated QuickOffice e-mail address (free) and edit them on-the-go. Whilst the re-sending is hardly ideal, the attachment can be sent back again from the e-mail address the attachment was received from. It’s the best option there is on the App Store, and it should work with all mail servers. A welcome alternative to the void that has existed since day one of the iPhone release.

IMG_0276iDisk, MobileMe and drag/drop integration
For those who use Apple’s premium service, MobileMe, there’s an extra set of features that make this application that little bit extra more than you thought it would be. QuickOffice have integrated iDisk support, allowing you to view, download and edit any compatible files (which is no short list – .txt, .rtf, MS Office and iWork files are all in there). Our tests on an iPhone 3G did show some signs of sluggishness on Wi-Fi, but this time was more than acceptable based on how much this application is trying to do. Files can be moved from iDisk to iPhone and vice versa. Furthermore, your iPhone can be assigned a local IP and can appear as a networked drive on your mac or PC, allowing you to drag and drop files to and from the iPhone.

Conclusion
By all means, this application has it all. The experience was a tad slow on our app and music filled iPhone 3G, but for an application that requires so much power that should be expected. If you can live with nuisances that aren’t necessarily QuickOffice’s fault, such as proper e-mail attachment editing, it is an application that should be worthy of consideration. If you’re just a Word (Pages) or Excel (Numbers) user, QuickOffice have separate applications at reduced prices. We’d recommend going all out and buying the all-in-one, should you choose to. Its number #1 in the Business section is justified: this is one of the most powerful applications I’ve seen yet.

An application like QuickOffice has a lot to live up to. It must integrate well and be a seamless experience. It must work out of the box with no set-up menus or time wasting. It must, quite simply, work. And it does. We are thoroughly impressed. 5 stars.

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Tony’s Tip of the Week – 3.1 Remote Passcode

Blog, Pass Code, Passcode, Site Things, Tip, Tips, mobileme

With all of the announcements and new iPods last week, 3.1 really seemed to slip through the cracks. Sure Steve made a special point to show off the new app store genius, which really is a cool feature, and of course the new organization in iTunes is pretty sweet but it also added a cool little security feature for MobilMe users. 3.1

Spawned from the days of the .Mac service that was really built for a niche market, MobileMe has quickly and quietly developed into a godsend in the iPhone world. With features like the automatic contact syncing, the Find My Phone, and Remote Wipe features, there was already plenty of reason to be looking in this direction. However, until now there was still a small security concern lurking. Find My Phone gave you the ability to locate your phone if you left it somewhere and the Remote wipe would clear it off if it was stolen, but what about if you’re not sure which has happened. Maybe it was stolen but maybe you just left it at the bar. If you wipe it then you can’t locate it any longer, but if you don’t then someone could be looking through all those pictures you took last week in Vegas. Whala, Apple brings you Remote Lock. Via the MobileMe web page you can set a pass code lock that instantly kicks the phone out of any app it’s running and locks it up nice and tight. Someone could still shut the phone off at this point but at the very least you know they aren’t getting to your information. All and all, this is a great little feature that really completes the security circle Apple is trying to build for it’s iPhone users. Here is the list of other features 3.1 add as well.

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MobileMe iDisk Application Released

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Apple has posted an iPhone and iPod Touch version of its online file storage system, iDisk, to the App Store. In an unexpected move by the company, the application gives users the ability to view and send their files that are stored remotely on MobileMe servers. Rumours had recently surfaced suggesting that an iDisk application would only be available in iPhone 3.1, of which Beta 3 has recently been released to developers.
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The application, free, supports viewing of “iWork, office, PDF, QuickTime and more [file formats]“. Files can be shared publicly and an e-mail with a link to the file can be sent.

Apple are inexplicably late to the game with the iDisk app, as the mobile version of www.me.com stated “You can access this information directly from the applications on your iPhone or iPod touch.” Several third party developers have already built applications that allow access to a user’s iDisk. Notably, Air Sharing Pro were quick to offer iDisk support and QuickOffice offered full iDisk viewing and editing, an important function, from within their app. Both applications were approved by Apple to the App Store with no fault.

It is not all bad news, though. The video playback feature alone warrants installation on any iPhone or iPod touch, where users can view video of any QuickTime supported file format (this includes the much-lacked AVI).

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