Mobile Office Suites Overview and Comparisons What is

Mobile Office Suites Overview and Comparisons

What is a Mobile Office Suite? Includes basic Office Suite components • Word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow Runs on smartphones and mobile. OS tablets • i. OS (i. Phone, i. Pad, i. Pod) • Android phones and tablets (Samsung, • • Motorola, LG, HTC) Windows RT (Windows Phone, Surface RT) Blackberry Uses standard Office Suite formats (e. g. , . docx, . xlsx, . pptx, . pdf)

Some Mobile Office Suites Documents to Go Google Office i. Work / i. Cloud Polaris Office Microsoft Office Mobile Hancom Office / Think. Free Office This list is not exhaustive, nor does every item on the list work with every mobile operating system

Some Choice Drivers Built-in on device (Google Docs, Sheets, Slides) Cost (free, already have a license/subscription) Compatibility with home/office computer suite or other device(s) Size on device (and/or ability to install on removable storage) Suite options (single app v. suite, specific application)

Documents to Go (Data. Viz) One of the earliest syncable mobile suites Earliest versions supported Palm OS, Blackberry, Windows CE Microsoft and Adobe formats: . doc, . xls, . ppt, . pdf Includes a mobile file manager Current platforms: Android, Blackberry, i. OS Premium version (one payment per platform) supports editing, desktop sync

Microsoft Office Various limited versions have been available since the days of Windows CE Jornada versions of Word and Excel limited formatting and document length Excel workbooks limited to 3 worksheets Two current mobile versions Microsoft Office Mobile (for Android phones) Individual Office 365 apps (Word, Excel, Power Point, One Note) for tablets Free with Office 365 subscription

i. Work (Apple) Comes with Macintosh computers Individual apps available for i. Pad Pages (word processor), Numbers (spreadsheet), Keynote (slideshow) Beta version for Windows 8. 1 is actually Webbased (launches i. Cloud. com in browser)

Polaris Office Preloaded in Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (amongst other devices) Mobile platforms: Android, i. OS Desktop sync: Windows, Mac. OS Free for two devices (total); annual subscription to additional devices; enterprise scalability Supports Word, Excel, Power. Point, Acrobat, text, . zip, and Hansoft Hangul formats Requires Web login to use? ? ?

Hancom Office Preloaded in Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 for Nook Platforms: Android and Windows (requires purchase) Apps: Hword, Hcell, Hshow, Viewer Alternate (cloud) version "Think. Free Office" Apps: Write, Calc, Show Cloud-based data with on-device program NOT free Supports Word, Excel, Power. Point, and Acrobat formats Think. Free Online requires Web login to use

Comparing Costs (Paid Versions) Item/Cost Android i. OS Documents to Go $14. 99 $16. 99 Google Office $0 $0 $6. 99$99. 99* $69. 99/yr - $399. 99 $69. 99/yr $399. 99 $14. 99 *$3. 99/mo or $39. 99/yr *same price as MS to sync up to 10 devices i. Work Microsoft Office $10/yr* Polaris Office $45. 95/yr ($3. 99/yr for 10 devices) Hancom Office (free for certain Samsung deivces) Windows Mac. OS Free sync w/ Free sync premium w/ premium $69 *MS Office 365 for Android/i. OS is free with desktop subscription

Footprint (Suite) Suite/Device Android i. OS Documents to Go 9. 5 -18 (main) 55. 9 Google Office (Quick Office) 130+ (main) i. Work Microsoft Office 128 -550 (depends on version) 2013/365 Polaris Office 90+ (main) Hancom Office >160 (main) Windows Phone Windows Sync only Web access only 1317 Web access only 2073 (may include data) 3+ Gb 116 Sync only 1. 8 Gb

Footprint (Word Processor) Suite/Devi Android ce i. OS Windows Phone Windows Documents to Go Google Docs 42 +data (main) i. Work Pages Microsoft Word 393 135 (main) Polaris Office Hword 119 80 + data (main) 542 3 Gb

Footprint (Spreadsheet) Suite/Device Android i. OS Windows Phone Windows Documents to Go Google Sheets 70 (main) i. Work Numbers Microsoft Excel 381 215 (main) Polaris Office Hancom Hcell 70+ (main) 537 3 Gb

Footprint (Slideshow) Suite/Device Android i. OS Windows Phone Windows Documents to Go Google Slides 46+ (main) i. Work Keynote 543 Mb Microsoft 121 (main) Power Point Polaris Office Hancom Hshow 63+ (main) 563 Mb 3 Gb

Footprint (Other) Suite/Device Android i. OS One. Note 69 (main) 431 Polaris Office 89 (main) Hancom Office 12+ (main) Documents to Go Google Office i. Work Windows Phone Windows

File Compatibility Polaris, Hancom, i. Work save work in their own formats Google saves imported documents in Microsoft Office formats, Google-created documents in its own formats Documents to Go uses Microsoft Office formats and Adobe Acrobat. pdf format (but can only display limited Office formatting features)

System Compatibility Microsoft Office single apps require Kit. Kat (Android 4. 4 or higher) or i. OS 7. 1 or later (Outlook requires i. OS 8. 0 or higher) i. Work requires i. OS (version? ) or Windows 8. 1 or higher (beta/cloud version) Polaris Office for i. OS requires version 7. 1 or higher