Google is now offering its cloud productivity suite also in a stripped version for Android smartphones. It has fewer features that the established products, but there is one particular feature that could convince you to switch to Google.
Docs for Android
A few weeks ago, we reviewed three popular productivity suites for Android. Google missed the opportunity initially and did not even offer a simple note application with Android. Docs for Android finally came to market yesterday, which provides viewing and editing access to your online documents, as long as they are Google Docs and in text or spreadsheet form.
Documents that are downloaded via Google Cloud Connect from Microsoft Office documents cannot be edited, but only viewed, which is somewhat annoying and needs to be addressed by Google in one way or the other. The advantage over Microsoft’s Office 365, especially when accessing documents via a smartphone is the fact that Google Docs is much more simple in its structure and allows users to work with existing files or create new files much more easily.
A particular useful feature is the ability in Google Docs to create documents from pictures that are either already available or are taken and uploaded. Google even offers OCR software to extract text from a picture automatically when a photo is uploaded.
Google Docs is currently limited to support spreadsheets and text documents. If you are looking for PDF support or need to create presentations, you will still need one of the traditional office packages.
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