There’s an app for Android (and iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, and Symbian) called Quickoffice that allows you to view, edit, and create MS Office files. I bring it up because it seems to be the default way to view office files attached via the gmail app. The app itself is not available by browsing the phone, but when you get an attachment that is a .doc, .xls, .ppt, or .txt it will open it in Openoffice (it will also open the .xlsx, .docx, etc versions). It’s pretty slick. For instance I could view spreadsheets on my iPhone, even switch among tabs. This allows the same, but it even will show you the formula when you highlight a cell! I’ve tried out Word, Excel, and Powerpoint documents, all worked like a charm.
The weird thing is, the full version of Quickoffice is not available in the Android Marketplace. There is an app called DocumentsToGo (I’ve downloaded the free “viewing only” version) which allows you to create and edit as well as view. I think it was $14.99. It got pretty good reviews, so if you’re willing to shell out a little cash you will be one step closer to leaving that laptop at home on trips.
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