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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / ATT Wireless / July 2008Who says iPhone can only view Word documents?
Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 1:35 am under iPhone, Services, Applications Who says iPhone can only view Word documents? Well, now thanks to Glide Mobile — which previously brought Windows Media support to the iPhone — users of the Apple's handset can now edit, format and share their Microsoft Word documents! > Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Media support to the iPhone — users of the Apple's handset can now > edit, format and share their Microsoft Word documents! LOL, no, that's not what Glide Mobile does. You're editing a document on-line and then downloading it to your phone. There's no native editing, though one software company, Mariner has said that something close is coming. > > Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > editing, though one software company, Mariner has said that something > close is coming. If you are collabrating on the same document in real time then this is an excellent solution complete with all the normal Word bells and whistles. Plus you can use the iPhone speaker phone function to speak to multiple parties who are working with you at the same time. >>> Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone >>> Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 1:35 am under iPhone, Services, [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > whistles. Plus you can use the iPhone speaker phone function to speak > to multiple parties who are working with you at the same time. Right, but it doesn't work when you have no connectivity, which unfortunately is the the time you're most likely to be needing to edit a document, i.e. on an airplane. But don't worry, there is supposed to be a solution coming, at least for spreadsheets. See "http://www.macresearch.org/mariner-promises-spreadsheet-software-iphone" Someone else will probably come out with a word processor, though thhe lack copy, cut and paste capabilities will have to be overcome. The iPhone is still a long way from catching up with WinMo phones in terms of applications, but since it was never designed as a SmartPhone, it's understandable. For those that want to edit documents such as spreadsheets, and text files, the iPhone isn't a good choice. SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:sV5gk.6928$vn7.3379 @flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com: > http://www.macresearch.org/mariner-promises-spreadsheet-software-iphone Steve, have you ever run Gnumeric on the mac? http://gnumeric.darwinports.com/ Very complex open source spreadsheet app from hundreds of coders. Fantastic piece of work. http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ Gnome Office also includes Abiword: http://www.abisource.com/ but I don't see an OSX version of it: http://www.abisource.com/download/ Both of these are ported to the Nokia Linux tablets. Creating documents and distributing them with Abiword is fully supported, especially when you're using a real keyboard like the external BT or by plugging in any PC USB keyboard, now, with our new capability of making the USB port on the tablet capable of Host mode. Walmart sells this tiny laptop 4-port USB hub the tablet seems capable of powering easily. I replaced the A connector on it with a camera connector so I don't need gender changers to use it in host mode....works slick...Hard drives must be self-powered as there's not THAT much power available...(c; With a full keyboard, you look a little funny running from remote locations with the tablet leaning up against it...(c; "Where's the computer?", they always ask.... "Back left pocket by my wallet....", I tell them. SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in news:sV5gk.6928$vn7.3379 @flpi147.ffdc.sbc.com: > http://www.macresearch.org/mariner-promises-spreadsheet-software-iphone Oops! Here's the OSX Abiword files tarball.... http://www.abisource.com/downloads/abiword/2.4.5/MacOSX/AbiWord-2.4.5- 10.2.dmg.gz > Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Media support to the iPhone — users of the Apple's handset can now > edit, format and share their Microsoft Word documents! While useful, this is still a web app- meaning you have to have connectivity via cellular or WiFi to access and edit the documents, like with Google Docs or Live Office. Good luck catching up with the office on the airplane! ;-) "Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:g5qi6n$tlv$1 @aioe.org: > Good luck catching up with the office on the airplane! I think other factors are going to solve this problem, which has nothing to do with this web app. On the radio tonight one of the major airlines was telling them they are going to cancel about 2250 flights, entirely, and jack up prices on those that are left, trying to cover their fuel/maintenance losses. I know Delta uses about 10,000,000,000 gallons of JPx per year. My calculators don't go high enough to multiply that by the JP fuel prices....(c; Of course, what needs to be done to save the oil that's left is GROUND ALL PLANES and BRING THE TROOPS HOME. The air will be cleansed in a week and BLUE SKY will cover the planet, once again! Business will get over not having flying junkets disguised as business meetings. That's what phones are for. > While useful, this is still a web app- meaning you have to have connectivity > via cellular or WiFi to access and edit the documents, like with Google Docs > or Live Office. Good luck catching up with the office on the airplane! > ;-) yes, but most intelligent people have a normal macbook air for that. > > While useful, this is still a web app- meaning you have to have connectivity > > via cellular or WiFi to access and edit the documents, like with Google Docs > > or Live Office. Good luck catching up with the office on the airplane! > > ;-) > > yes, but most intelligent people have a normal macbook air for that. Which, in a nutshell, explains why, despite your insistence, the iPhone ISN'T the "most technologically advanced phone" on the planet. Many other phones have the ability to substitute for a laptop. That's a feature I look for in a smartphone. > > > While useful, this is still a web app- meaning you have to have > connectivity [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Many other phones have the ability to substitute for a laptop. That's a > feature I look for in a smartphone. And to link to a bluetooth keyboard. And to function as wireless modems. And, some of them, to function as a WiFi router while functioning as a wireless (3G) modem. But almost none of them do those things and have a QWERTY keyboard and have a VGA or better screen that's over 3" in diagonal--the combination of features I've been looking for. Perhaps the android phone will. I can't see trading in my Nokia 9300 for something with a smaller screen and a worse keyboard, even if it is 3G and WiFi (unlike mine). I think the only exception is the HTC shift in its various incarnations--and it has an odd form factor as well as being awfully big. If anyone knows of something that meets my requirements ... .  Signaturehttp://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/ Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic. Published by Baen, paperback in bookstores now > And to link to a bluetooth keyboard. And to function as wireless modems. > And, some of them, to function as a WiFi router while functioning as a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > If anyone knows of something that meets my requirements ... . The upcoming (September?) Sony Xperia X1 should fit the bill, or come close- 3" 800x480 touchscreen, slide-out QWERTY, 3G, BT, WiFi, FM radio, WinMo 6.1 and a cute "tile" (iPhone icons meet Vista thumbnails) interface. >>>> While useful, this is still a web app- meaning you have to have >> connectivity [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > If anyone knows of something that meets my requirements ... . Maybe one of those sci-fi tricorder thingies from Star Trek? Looks like you have a business opportunity. Start your own business and create the gadget you want. Beer Drinking Dog <photodoglv@yahoo.com> wrote in news:P1Bgk.2887$8R1.166 @newsfe03.iad: > Maybe one of those sci-fi tricorder thingies from Star Trek? > > Looks like you have a business opportunity. Start your own business and > create the gadget you want. I discovered a little MP3 file that is the noise the communicator makes when they opened it. I substituted it for the sound effect Skype makes when it first boots up....on the Nokia N800 Linux Tablet. It repeats when you click to make any of the various calls out.... All in good fun....(c; Root access is a dangerous thing.... > > Maybe one of those sci-fi tricorder thingies from Star Trek? > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Root access is a dangerous thing.... Just to try and "out geek" you, my Tilt's ringtone is the "ooo-wheee-ooo" bosun whistle sound that the Enterprise shipboard intercoms made in the original series. Beside the fun geek factor, it's a nice piercing sound that gets your attention even at low volume in a fairly noisey environment. Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:g646mb$ehi$1 @aioe.org: > Just to try and "out geek" you, my Tilt's ringtone is the "ooo-wheee-ooo" > bosun whistle sound that the Enterprise shipboard intercoms made in the > original series. Beside the fun geek factor, it's a nice piercing sound > that gets your attention even at low volume in a fairly noisey > environment. Cool! I haven't got that sound effect. Can you post it to alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean the dead newsgroup we use occasionally for file swapping? Thanks! My current ringtone is an antique English telephone bellset....(c; > > Just to try and "out geek" you, my Tilt's ringtone is the "ooo-wheee-ooo" > > bosun whistle sound that the Enterprise shipboard intercoms made in the > > original series... > Cool! I haven't got that sound effect. Can you post it to > alt.binaries.pictures.sports.ocean > the dead newsgroup we use occasionally for file swapping? > > Thanks! I'm a usenet luddite- I've stuck to text-based readers and groups my whole usenet "career"- I've never up loaded a binary to a usenet group in my life! You can grab it here, though (sorry about the word wrap): http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/attachments/kyocera-7135- downloads/2089d1046412415-star-trek-bosuns-whistle-bosun56.zip > My current ringtone is an antique English telephone bellset....(c; Nice! Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:g64vre$et1$1 @aioe.org: > http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/attachments/kyocera-7135- > downloads/2089d1046412415-star-trek-bosuns-whistle-bosun56.zip Thanks! Cool sound. It's really loud on the Z6m's nice speakers. I may add Scotty's voice to it calling Kirk or Spock...or make it repeat a few more times so it will be sure to attract my attention. You should just get Xnews from http://xnews.newsguy.com/ You don't need to buy anything. It's freeware. I'm typing on it now. Posting to a newsgroup is as easy as sending an attachment in email, very similar. Instead of sending to an email addy, you're sending to a newsgroup. Easy to learn from here: http://abmefaq.net/XNews_Primer.html > You should just get Xnews from http://xnews.newsguy.com/ > You don't need to buy anything. It's freeware. I'm typing on it now. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Easy to learn from here: > http://abmefaq.net/XNews_Primer.html I tend to read Usenet from my handheld on the go- I rarely use a newsreader on the PC, but I'll take a look, thanks. >> You should just get Xnews from http://xnews.newsguy.com/ >> You don't need to buy anything. It's freeware. I'm typing on it [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Well, then, maybe it's not such a good idea to try it. It's awful addicting just downloading the movies and music presented here for free, even discounting the obvious porn load. 38,000,000 MP3 files, >68,000 movies is an addiction, right? "I couldn't help myself, your Immenseness! It was SO easy to just download it all!" Todd Allcock <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in news:g64vre$et1$1 @aioe.org: > http://pdaphonehome.com/forums/attachments/kyocera-7135- > downloads/2089d1046412415-star-trek-bosuns-whistle-bosun56.zip Well, that didn't take long!......(c; I have two parrots: Zeke - a 28-year-old Yellow Nape Amazon I got as an imported chick. "Roger-Roger" (yeah, he says it just like ham radio) who is a 9-year-old Blue and Gold Macaw I raised from a 6-day-old chick from a friend who breeds commercially. Roger-Roger did it first, a perfect Star Trek Whistle, because I left it playing in looping mode on Winamp for a few minutes. Zeke finally decided he liked it, too, about 8 minutes later...(hey, he's older.) Now I can't tell when the damned phone is ringing because the whole place sounds like Star Trek frantically calling for help....ad nauseum... The whistle is much easier than the telephone ringers, which took them both a "few days" to "synthesize", having only vocal chords and a beak/tongue as a synthesizer. NOONE will sleep here after the Weather Alert receiver makes its beeping noise alert. They both call that thing, incessantly, for hours, after it goes off, tested once a week... I may have to cover their cages to shut 'em up. Now they're "calling" each other with the bosun's whistle!.... NEVER CURSE AT THEM in anger! They will repeat it for WEEKS! -------------------- Hee hee....I just called the sellphone from the Skype phone. The ringing goes on incessantly, even though the phone quit ringing. They're still "calling" back to it...what a riot! > In article <g5uev2$s9...@aioe.org>, > [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > And, some of them, to function as a WiFi router while functioning as a > wireless (3G) modem. You can use the iPhone as a 3G web access point after jail breaking it. You then tether your other device via WiFi. 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:ee3695af-fe68-4b23-bfbc- 5e7c2c6020ee@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com: > You can use the iPhone as a 3G web access point after jail breaking > it. You then tether your other device via WiFi. ....voiding its warranty and any hope of getting it fixed when it goes tits up....by the way. 4phun <vic.healey@gmail.com> wrote in news:e28e992b-793a-48b3-b651- 8a5b29fda71b@w39g2000prb.googlegroups.com: > Glide Mobile adds Microsoft Word support to the iPhone > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Media support to the iPhone — users of the Apple's handset can now > edit, format and share their Microsoft Word documents! Once again, please post the URLs for everyone to peruse these news posts and form their own opinion, not just make blank announcements as if you're the company mouthpiece for the various companies involved. There must be some URLs you can post for us to read. Thank you for posting them! |
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