CTIA: QuickOffice Brings Word + Excel Editing to iPhone
Dieter’s on the floor at CTIA, and we’re hoping he’ll bring back a closer look, but in the meantime the fine folks at QuickOffice have just let us know that their new iPhone app, QuickOffice for iPhone will be available in the next few weeks, and will cost $19.99.
Quickoffice for iPhone has an intuitive user interface and supports comprehensive functionality including cut, copy and paste, font formatting, content selection and bullets within Word documents. Users can also leverage a wider keyboard to edit and create documents in landscape mode. Excel functionality includes extensive mathematical and statistical formulas.
Other useful features include file sharing capabilities via Wi-Fi desktop connectivity and access to one’s MobileMe iDisk account. Editing is done with maintaining perfect data integrity, in addition to ‘auto-save’ to ensure none of your work is lost on-the-go.
We’re guessing “next few weeks” means they’ll be using a custom-made cut/copy paste implementation under iPhone 2.x, which means we’re also guess there’ll be a new version come iPhone 3.0 launch this “summer”.
There have been other apps offering Excel editing in the paste, but Word editing is new for the iPhone (unless DocsToGo gets there first). Is it enough to get you over your document hurdle, or are there any power users still hungering for more?
April 1st, 2009 at 2:27 pm
This will be awesome! Maybe now DocstoGo will finally get it’s a$& in gear!!!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:35 pm
Yeh! I’ve been holding out for DocsToGo but if this comes along first, hey fine with me!
April 1st, 2009 at 2:54 pm
I too have been waiting for Docs2Go, but this seems just as nice. Hope to review it when it comes out!
April 1st, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I’ve been waiting for word and excel on the iphone, but not with WiFi sync to desktop. Every WiFi sync app I’ve tried is a POS. I want wired sync to the desktop.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:20 pm
I have my hopes up for iWork for iPhone, but at least there are other options developing
April 1st, 2009 at 3:29 pm
Sounds great. But yeah, when 3.0 had it’s own copy and paste, they can do away with the tab at the bottom to copy and paste. I would only pay 19.99 if I really needed to edit things on the go. However, starting college next year, who knows… This might come in handy.
April 1st, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I’m curious: how is it launched? If I click on a Word or Excel doc in my email, will it launch this? Where will the documents be stored?
April 1st, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Bold font costs an extra $0.99, via in-app purchase on 3.0!
April 1st, 2009 at 4:14 pm
@ shollomon I’d say that we will see a lot more wired sync apps when 3.0 is released, as Apple has released the API for dock access, and I’m pretty sure that involves letting you use the iPod cable…
April 1st, 2009 at 4:30 pm
@frog: LOL!!!.. Why can’t they just wait for 3.0, they wouldn’t have to implement copy + paste at all.. or text selection. It’s there automatically in 3.0.
April 1st, 2009 at 4:39 pm
No way. The $19.99 price point seems a little absurd.
April 1st, 2009 at 5:11 pm
@ Larry
Well Quickoffice is from the world of Symbian really where they get away with charging silly prices for apps (eg most games being over £15 :-/)
Seems they haven’t grasped the Appstore app price point yet
April 1st, 2009 at 9:26 pm
My guess is they’d be using the Office Live Add-on for Office 2007.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:50 am
I think we might have gotten used to all the 99 cents apps, because charging 19.99 for any very well within, if not below, average when it comes to other phones. A productive application for BB or for Windows Mobile is almost cheap.
April 2nd, 2009 at 12:58 am
And for those thinking paying 19.99 for a productive app is crazy, check this out
http://www.handango.com/catalog/CategoryHome.jsp?storeId=2218&deviceId=1174&platformId=40&categoryId=7594&nop=1
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:14 am
I hate to break it to you all, but it appears that this will be a separate $19.99 app and not an update to existing users (this was “MobileFiles Pro” and was an update that was originally promised). This company will absolutely lose me as a user along with many others .
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:07 am
If this gets a good review I’d tap that
April 2nd, 2009 at 3:03 pm
@Art your first message didn’t make any sense at all.
April 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
Actually I’d be happy with just correctly reading office documents. I know the iphone is already supposed to do so but almost every excel I sent it and definitely every power point has made it crash. I guess the power points from my company are too big but still… When I am the one sending it so I can read the document on the phone it is OK as I convert to pdf but usually I receive documents to read by mail and not being able to open them is really a pity. Benoit Cerrina
April 11th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I have been waiting for this app for ages…!! http://iphone-office.blogspot.com/2009/04/quickoffice-suite-for-iphone-first-real.html
April 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Does anyone know if the Copy/Paste function will copy from a Word doc and then paste to another screen or app (like pasting to an email or even a Craigslist posting for example)? Thanks.
July 16th, 2009 at 5:45 am
Whats the easiest way to save an email attachment, word or excel, so I can open up via Quickoffice to edit…
Can it be done..?
Cheers
dom