Comments on: iPhone Doc Editing: Documents to Go vs. QuickOffice Pro

By: Guy who hates DTG

Guy who hates DTG — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 01:45:56 +0000

To bad Documents to go now costs 9.99. Or is it only in canada?

By: Jedda

Jedda — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 14:14:08 +0000

I can’t speak english. Why do’nt they rite it in a chinese for me?? god dumm it!

By: Deirdre ni Dhubhghaill

Deirdre ni Dhubhghaill — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:13:02 +0000

JAMES K.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4 2010 said It is ridiculous that the iPhone doesn’t have Apple’s own “Pages” word processor come standard on it. All I need to be able to do is create a text document, give it a name, save it..... the iphone has 'notes' it will do all that then allow you to email the document.

I had DocumentsToGo on a mac years ago to convert wpc files more recently on two consecutive PDA a 'Palm' & a 'Sony' it worked very well my HTC had windows mobile. I thought the iPhone version would be as good as the versions I had on my PDA's. Unfortunately this has not been the case. I find it most unstable. if there is an auto save it doesn't work. That aside I find that the program closes out of the blue. occasionally it is possible to restore changes upon reopening but not often. Each sentence must be saved manually or you might lose changes sometimes the whole document. As of june 2010 In Ireland documents to go still can't edit excel documents, it will email all documents. All in all I have been disappointed by what on other platforms was an excellent application.

Every time I've brought this to the attention of DocsToGo they tell me I was the only person to have this problem. That I should uninstall & reinstall my iphone system and their app. This did not rectify the problem on either iphone I have owned.

From today I'm going to try Quick office. I've been waiting for microsoft to release something for the iPhone but it appears that is not going to happen.Thank you for your article I found it most informative and the following comments.

regards

Deirdre

By: Which Office product to go with?

Which Office product to go with? — Fri, 21 May 2010 19:47:21 +0000

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By: Document Comparison

Document Comparison — Wed, 12 May 2010 10:49:42 +0000

Very Nice information on I phone Document Editing.

By: kn

kn — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:37 +0000

I find myself using QO more these days because of it now supporting gmail docs, box.net and dropbox. However, it really needs built-in SYNCING like DTG has. I still prefer DTG’s interface and it’s been more stable for me but I am enjoying cloud storage intergration in QO.

My conclusion: If built-in file syncing is your highest priority DTG is definitely the winner. If cloud storage is more important to you then QO wins. If you simply care most about the user interface and function then either is fine although I would still give DTG the edge.

By: Edgar

Edgar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:59:57 +0000

As of today I recived a mail telling me DTG has Excel and PPT support as well as mail functions.

I believe that means DTG trumps it all.

By: kn

kn — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:00:03 +0000

After multiple updates of each program I still like the user interface and fluidity of DTG better than QO. I just wish DTG had the ability to be password protected as well.

The lack of file management on the iPhone is so annoying so much of the limitations of these software is the limitations of the OS. That said, we currently have what we have and of the two DTG is more robust for my needs and easier to use for word processing particularly if you want to sync as opposed to swapping files back and forth (assuming you are not a user of MobileMe).

By: james K.

james K. — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:15:39 +0000

Apple is really shooting itself in the foot these days. The reason people hate Gates and his evil MS ware, is because everything is “no” you “can’t” do that. Apple was always the “yes” you “can” do that company. Apple needs to stop the nonsense and make the iPhone able to do what we need it to do. It is ridiculous that the iPhone doesn’t have Apple’s own “Pages” word processor come standard on it. All I need to be able to do is create a text document, give it a name, save it, and be able to transfer that document to idisk. Then I could get it from idisk on my macbook and print it out. Or, after saving the document on the iPhone, let me use my regular ‘ol mac email on the iPhone and send the document as an attachment in the email. Sounds pretty simple right? Apple has to get back to being the “yes you can” do that, company.

By: H. M. H.

H. M. H. — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:11:10 +0000

Neither of these programs have a full email (attachment opening/saving) interface for hotmail or others. Until either can make itself the default opening program for attachments with the correct application, they both will fall short.

By: kn

kn — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 03:58:12 +0000

I need file syncing. For this reason I end up using Docs to Go (DTG) all the time and I haven’t really taken QuickOffice (QO) through its paces yet. DTG definitely has the better interface from what I could tell but it doesn’t seem to want to read all of my files. I really miss this part of Windows Mobile but I’m sure it’ll eventually improve on the iPhone.

By: Neal

Neal — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 21:57:51 +0000

You can also transfer files by mapping a drive to the QuickOffice folder on the iPhone. This is relatively easy to do because the URL address is on the bottom of the first screen. So this means you don’t need a MobileMe account and you can still easily get files onto your computer

Also, the prices is currently $12.99.

By: Documents To Go: Take Your Document Editing Work Mobile | AbdulVasi.com

Documents To Go: Take Your Document Editing Work Mobile | AbdulVasi.com — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:07:47 +0000

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By: Sergio_A

Sergio_A — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 08:23:39 +0000

I’ve chosen QuickOffice for the ability to load files from other computers without the need of installing any software to make the transerring (DTG offers file synch but you have to install its own PC/Mac software…): you only need to share the same wi-fi connection.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 16:08:21 +0000

I got Quickoffice for the iDisk integration. If you have iDisk, this is a killer app.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:41:32 +0000

Good job on this comparison. I did the same and agree with you. It is probably too soon to give a final verdict right now as both expect to get updates very soon.

Docs-to-go v1.0 right now uses its own home grown cut-copy-paste (developed before iPhone 3.0). Its downside is you can only use cut-copy-paste in the app itself. The next version 1.1 will implement the iPhone cut-copy-paste so you can cut-copy-paste in and out of the app.

The winner will need to have access to MobileMe and other online storage, email features and print (look at Print & Share app) as the iPhone does not allow third party apps to access email attachments or a central storage on the device.