I am being convinced to switch from WinMobile to Android. I will probably go for the HTC Desire, but before I do I want to know which Android apps (native or third party) are equal or similar to the following WinMobile apps (which I love):
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MS Office
MS Calendar
MS Contacts
MS Inbox
MS Notes
MS Tasks
MS Pocket Word
MS Pocket Excel
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ File mgr
Ghistler Total Commander
Resco Explorer
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photo viewer
Resco Photo Mgr
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Calculator
Hicalc
RDcalc
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Text edit
Tillanosoft notepad
PHM Notepad
Made editor
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Audio
Win Media Player
Audible
Resco Radio
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Telephone
Spb wireless monitor
Spb phone suite
Skype
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You don't need a app-by-app equivalent breakdown do you? Just try out android and see for yourself. Most of those apps will have an equivalent already built in. Some, you will need to go to the market for. You're gonna like the way it looks, I guarantee it.
Have you considered an HD2? You can dual boot WM 6.5 and Android.
Hi XDAers,
I was looking for good thread giving an overview of mobile office apps and couldn't seem to find one, so I wrote one hoping to help any other fellow noobs so they don't need to do the research.
Please note that all these apps are FREE apps or the free versions (or trials) of paid apps.
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OliveOffice –
The Good: Lets you view and edit DOC, XLS and PPT files as well as view PDF files. Has Dropbox and GoogleDocs support. Also has a file manager.
The Bad: Editing feature is terrible, no auto-rotate, doesn’t recognise the arrow keys on keyboard (using standard DHD keyboard), keyboard can overlay on top of text currently being typed when in landscape mode, spellcheck does not work properly as well as a couple of other wee bugs.
QuickOffice –
The Good: Allows you to view and edit DOC, XLS, PPT (text only) files. Can edit docs with headers in them. Can create new DOC and XLS files.
The Bad: No ability to delete files. No other document support.
Open office document reader –
The Good: Supports ODT and ODS files as well as Box.net, Dropbox, ZumoDrive and others.
The Bad: no editing capabilities and no Microsoft Office or PDF support.
Mobile Document Viewer –
The Good: Easy simple GUI. Supports DOC, XLS, TXT, ODR, ODS files.
The Bad: No editing capabilities, does not display colours. Does not support PDFs.
ThinkFree Office(LITE) –
The Good: Looks great. Has its own online storage feature. Supports GoogleDocs. File manager. Supports DOC, XLS, PPP.
The Bad: No editing feature in LITE version.
DocumentsToGo –
The Good: Looks great. Supports Supports GoogleDocs. Can create DOC, XLS and PPP docs. File manager. Supports password protected docs.
The Bad: No PDF support in the free version. No copy/paste or editing capabilities in free version. No txt support.
OfficeSuite (trial version).
The Good: Has its own book purchase and download manager for dictionaries and reference books. Can create and edit DOC, XLS, PPP. Supports PDF, txt, GoogleDocs, Has a File manager. Supports password protected docs and can insert images and hyperlinks into docs.
The Bad: The free version is a trial and only lasts 30 days. Does not support any other files types or any other online storage.
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If anyone's got these apps please give us a review below on any pros and even more importantly cons of the apps. Can you also state if the version is free or paid just so people know the capabilities of the version.
Any omissions and corrections to would be appreciated!
I use DocumentsToGo. It is the most app for Office.
registr5 said:
I use DocumentsToGo. It is the most app for Office.
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Same here. For the things I want it's perfect.
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Is it OfficeSuite only one apk wich support hyperlink read-writte in office documents? Have any other ?
Regards
I use ez pdf to highlight notes that are .doc and pdf, but are there any apps to highlight and take notes on powerpoint files? A lot of my professors use powerpoints as notes and I can't seem to find a good app to do this..anything similar to ez pdf that will work with powerpoint files? (such as highlight lines and very little actual handwritten input)
You can convert ppt to pdf using a program such as microsoft office. I do this every week because my prof posts ppt on her website and I use my transformer in class.
[Apps] Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook) Now Available for Android
Hey guys, if you've been waiting for Microsoft Office on Android, its here! Now you can download Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook directly from the Play Store.
Don't expect full functionality though. Basic editing is available but premium features require Office 365 Subscription. You can read the full story mod edit
Just a FYI
Microsoft Releases Android Version of Word, Excel and Powerpoint does not have All the bells and whistles, but free and does allow to open those files and work within their format......
You can Download from the Play Store or read about it here:
http://www.androidauthority.com/microsoft-word-excel-powerpoint-apps-now-available-for-all-619366/