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Quickoffice Brings Word and Excel Document Editing to the iPhone

Friday May 8, 2009 11:35 am PDT by Eric Slivka
Quickoffice, maker of popular office software for mobile platforms, recently released Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite [App Store, $19.99] for the iPhone and iPod touch. The suite offers three components, which are also available for individual purchase:

Quickword [App Store, $12.99]: Allows users to edit and create Microsoft Word files, offering such features as cut, copy, and paste within or between documents, numerous font and style options, and automatic wrapping of text at any zoom level to eliminate horizontal scrolling.

Quicksheet [App Store, $12.99]: Allows users to edit and create Microsoft Excel files and includes extensive support for formulas, simple column and row height and width adjustment, and numerous formatting options.

Quickoffice Files [App Store, $1.99]: Offers remote access, e-mail, Wi-Fi and file management. The application provides easy access to MobileMe iDisk accounts and allows easy transfer of files between computer and iPhone via drag-and-drop.

Support for Microsoft PowerPoint files is not currently included in the suite.

Walt Mossberg recently reviewed the Quickoffice suite, and while he found much to like, a few missing features such as the inability to directly load files sent to the iPhone via e-mail, the lack of spell check, and the absence of cut, copy, and paste for spreadsheets led him to hold back on recommending the suite, particularly given the relatively steep price tag. Quickoffice has promised to remedy these shortcomings by this summer.

Mossberg also provided a video review of the suite:



We previously highlighted Documents to Go, a similar office suite due sometime this quarter from Dataviz. While appearing promising at that time, especially in the editing of Word documents, no new information on the suite's availability or whether support for Excel files will make it into the initial release has recently surfaced.
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jmann
Posted: 40 months ago
Wow this sounds like a great app. Being able to transfer the files via bluetooth in 3.0 will be nice too, if they update it with that feature. :) Let's hope.
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Speedracer04
Posted: 40 months ago
A major issue is not being able to import files emailed to you on your iphone into the app. Kinda kills the mobility of it.

Not to mension they company screwed over everyone who bought MobileFiles Pro, as they just created a "new" app suite with an update. :mad:
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wackymacky
Posted: 40 months ago
Hasn't this App been about for a few months now? I know about it as bought their MobileFiles App (now "Quick Files" or something) so I could access my iDisk from my iPhone.

I haven’t bought MobileOffice as it doesn’t support mac : office '08, and only lets you edit files of PC files to the 2003 ver.

I'm going to wait and see what up dates they put out (supposedly office 2007 soon, though they said the 1.0 App would do this. pre-release)


As much as I loath Microsoft if they bought out their own app and even sold it for 30-40 bucks that would let create, modify and e-mail offce Apps, I'd buy it.
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kironin
Posted: 40 months ago

But, for everyone else...Documents To Go for iPhone will be available in the App Store in early to mid May, 2009! Like we said in the announce list email, there are some exciting things about this app that we haven't been able to share yet (we like to tease) but we really believe you'll agree that its worth the wait.


if their blog post is true, I think we won't have to wait too long to see what the other choice is in this app category
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Cartoonkid
Posted: 40 months ago


As much as I loath Microsoft if they bought out their own app and even sold it for 30-40 bucks that would let create, modify and e-mail offce Apps, I'd buy it.


I'd be all over that like white on rice!
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diemos
Posted: 40 months ago
30 to 40? NO WAY

I'd pay 9.99 max for that kind of app.
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JayLenochiniMac
Posted: 40 months ago
Why is this news? Quickoffice has been out for a while.

I wonder if Dataviz's docs to go will have powerpoint editing. Even if Quickoffice developers come out with ppt editing, they'll likely put it in another app separate from Quickoffice and call it Quickoffice Pro for $29.99 (given what they did to MobileFiles Pro --> Quicksheet).

Total cost to suckers who upgrade to all the different versions: $59.97 ($9.99 for MobileFiles Pro, $19.99 for current Quickoffice, and $29.99 for future Quickoffice Pro with Word, Excel and Powerpoint editing capability).
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CocoaPuffs
Posted: 40 months ago
Why pay for this when you can simply use Google Docs?
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kainjow
Posted: 40 months ago

A major issue is not being able to import files emailed to you on your iphone into the app. Kinda kills the mobility of it.


As far as I know, that's not possible yet for third-party apps on the iPhone, so blame Apple ;)
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Xibalba
Posted: 40 months ago

A major issue is not being able to import files emailed to you on your iphone into the app. Kinda kills the mobility of it.


agree - although as mentioned above, Apple is the rate-limiting-step in most "features" that we are waiting for. I will continue to use mobilefiles or airsharing at this time along with google docs.

it will be interesting to see what new office application style apps will be released after OS 3.0 finally is released to the consumers - thus what i believe is holding up the copy and paste feature in this app.
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