iPhone gets Office docs
2009 will finally see Microsoft Office documents arrive on the iPhone, it seems, with Soonr allowing access to documents stored in the cloud while QuickOffice makes good on its promise of local editing.
The QuickOffice product is Excel-only, with other formats to follow later in the year as promised back in November, but does offer real local editing of documents that have been downloaded from MobileMe storage. Soonr supports a much wider range of formats, but only for viewing and only when connected to the cloud, as the work is done on the server.
The initial press release we had from Soonr claimed documents could be edited on the iPhone, so perhaps that will come soon. Until then users are limited to commenting on documents while on the move, as demonstrated in the promotional video:
So you can append a note to make changes when you get back to the office, and share that note with colleagues who can access the same cloud storage, hosted by Soonr.
