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Quickoffice Mobile Suite (US$9.99) is perhaps one of the most useful apps around. As suggested by it's name, Quickoffice Mobile Suite is a mobile version of what we have all come to know as Word and Excel. Essentially, this app combines both a word processor and a spreadsheet program. Of course you can purchase both of these apps seperately, but it is much greater value for your hard earned to have a single, easy to use suite. An added bonus of Quickoffice Mobile Suite is that you can easily transfer your desktop files to your iPhone (or iPod Touch), quite similarly to Air Sharing.



The word processor works simply by selecting a word document (among other formats), which opens in an iPhone-esque fashion. You can then edit the text of the document as desired, and place additional formatting including text colour and decoration, as well as alignment and list styling. You can also search through the open document for whatever you need. Quickword, as it is known, also allows for landscape typing, while makes the keyboard more accessible for optimal typing speed. In fact, once you are used to the iPhone keypad, typing is a breeze.

However, Quickword is only one piece of the pack. Quicksheet, the spreadsheet component of the suite allows *quick* and carefree viewing, editing, and creating of Excel files. From our tests, we have realised that graphs and charts are not currently supported. Despite this, Quicksheet is a dependable spreadsheet app on-the-go, complete with the many different functions that you experienced Excel users see daily.



Quickoffice Files lets you transfer your documents between your computer and your iPhone, and also allows you to email them (straight from your iPhone) as you see fit.

Quickword, Quicksheet and Quickoffice files can be purchased standalone US$8.99 each, but the good folks at Quickoffice have conveniently bundled these three apps (and more) into a fairly priced bundle, which is certainly cheaper to buy than any two of the apps on their own. There is really only one downfall in Quickoffice, and that is the inability to print your documents. Despite this, Quickoffice Mobile Suite is as good as it gets in the mobile document creation industry (it's a fairly small industry), and as long as Quickoffice keeps releasing updates, it will stay ahead of the pack.

Note: you might like to know that I began drafting this review on the bus, using none other than Quickoffice.

MyAppSource Rating: Four Stars!

Sharing is Caring

Air Sharing (US$4.99) is just what all you file management enthusiasts have been waiting for. Avatron have devised the perfect solution to (what presumably is) everyone's worries. Air Sharing is essentially a document viewer. PDF, txt, doc, docx, xls, xlsx, pages, rtf... You name it, Air Sharing can read it. Of course, the benefit of Air Sharing is exactly how easy it makes it to transfer documents to and from your iPhone. To demonstrate just how easy this is, we have kindly prepared a few easy steps for you to read.

• Connect your iPhone (or iPod Touch) to a wireless network.
• With Air Sharing running, open the URL given to you by Air Sharing in your browser.
• Truthfully there doesn't need to be a third step, as by this time, you can already see all the files on your device, and upload more as desired.

The Air Sharing web interface presents you with a simple file directory, with an upload bar below it. Of course, if security of your documents has you worried, you can assign optional password protection to the web interface, just to make sure that no average Joe on your local network can get a copy of last months business report, or the wedding invitations you've been working on. Furthermore, you can password lock the app itself, so that if average Joe manages to a hold of your beloved iPhone, there will be no reason to worry (at least about your documents).

MyAppSource Rating: Four Stars! (Air Sharing)



Maybe this just isn't enough for you. Luckily, the good folks at Avatron have what you need. Air Sharing Pro (US$9.99) provides the same zippy speeds and ease of use that Air Sharing packs, as well as a plethora of premium features (and I must add, a way better looking icon). Pro features include viewing encrypted PDF files, file operations (copy, paste, rename, move), access to WebDAV Disks (and iDisk), emailing documents, direct transfer between two iPhones, zip/unzip and printing via print sharing (Mac and Linux only). I must add that the print feature alone makes the Pro version of Air Sharing a worthwhile investment.



Overall, Air Sharing provides a superb file storage, viewing, and sharing experience, and while Air Sharing Pro takes it one step further, both apps add invaluable features to your already feature packed iPhone. If your the type who is continually looking for more ways to use your device, or perhaps you need a function like that which Air Sharing provides, we recommend that you buy this app right now! You wont regret it.

MyAppSource Rating: Five Stars! (Air Sharing Pro)



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