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Best Office app!

Best Office app!
I’m just wondering what app you are using like Notepad, world, excel, anything for text editing.

Doc's to go available on the market. Full function office app

For notes try few free notes apps in the market, for office best one is Document To Go its not free though.
I use color notes for quick notes.

i used 3banana notes before. My mate told me about docs to go as well before i got my desire.

Docs to go! No doubt!

Document To Go

Quick Office Pro. Quick Office came default loaded with my HTC Desire. And I got Quick Office Pro. I like it, though I haven't given a try to Documents To Go, I have read the reviews and both have Pros and Cons.

There is quickoffice version that can edit word docs already included in some roms. Polaris office also.
I bought QuickOffice Pro. Good integration with Google docs, dropbox and sugarsync. Fast.
Jota+ is my text editor of choice.
Note Everything is my notes app of choice.
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I think quickoffice u should try
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Does someone have a link for the registered version (crack) do not have to buy

Docs to Go is my preference
I've tried Quick office but found Docs to Go to be far superior.

pimpekjoza said:
Does someone have a link for the registered version (crack) do not have to buy
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Sure, voila... Here the link.
Don't forget to say thanks.

After testing both quickoffice pro and documents to go I have to say that documents to go is the better choice

+1 for Docs to Go.

Try "ThinkFree Office" it's quite good and fast

I like Documents To Go alot

Polalis office, I bet!

Quick Office Pro
This software is very good

Just wondering, does any of these office apps include an equation editor for word documents?

Picsel smart office is very nice, i think. Give it a try

Kindle on EVO

There is a new free Kindle version in the Market for Android.
I installed it, and I was thinking about buying a book to give it a try.
But in the Amazon store, there is a list: This item works for so and so and so, and lists most Kindles, except for Android. So I didn't buy it.
Maybe it would work, maybe it's just that they need to update their list of devices.
Has somebody used this application already?
Thanks.

I'd go try it on a free book first, and see if it'll sync over. I know a previous book I bought through the kindle store made it over just fine so I don't see why it wouldn't work...

beret9987 said:
I'd go try it on a free book first, and see if it'll sync over. I know a previous book I bought through the kindle store made it over just fine so I don't see why it wouldn't work...
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Free book? Free book? do you know any? Just to try.
Thanks.

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Free book? Free book? do you know any? Just to try.
Thanks.
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Look up anything in the public domain. I think 20000 leagues under the sea, the adventures of sherlock holmes, that stuff..
it should all be free (was for me)
BTW - If a book lists nearly every device but left out Android, I'd bet a fair sum of money that's only because their website guys havn't updated the pages to included Kindle for Android. Again, not promising, but I'd bet thats what happened. They just need a few days to make sure everything is up to date and reflects the existence of Kindle for Android.

thanks all, I'll try.

Just use calibre to convert and book and use any book reader !

I searched "public domain". I found some $0.00 books. I selected one. they asked me for my credit card info, even though it's free. It downloaded it in a couple of seconds.
It looks great, a little bright to read, but I can adjust it.
thanks.

Aldiko Book Reader is free and it has a few free books, not sure if there is a way to save them and open them in Kindle, but it might be worth looking into.

Kindle app for Android works great and it syncs back with the Kindle. I just got a Kindle yesterday and had been reading like crazy... then I did a search for Kindle Android on Google and noticed they launched the app... downloaded it and it picked up right where I left off in my book. It puts all your books in the archive and downloads them when you decide to read one.
I just wish that pinch to zoom worked... or there was a zoom feature on the Kindle for pages that have diagrams and such...
One annoying thing - it locks the backlight at MAXIMUM brightness. Battery killer, hot phone, and too bright...

I used kindle extensively on my ipod touch and was anticipating the release of this app on android. After I installed, all my books showed up on my phone and I dl'd the last one I was reading and it synced up just fine and put me right where I left off on my ipod. I don't mind using some of the other free apps, but when I'm not at home and finish a book on the go it's kind of a drag to not have anything till I get home to convert another book to use on one of the other apps. With kindle, it's soo easy to just get another book off of the kindle store and have it right there on the phone with no conversion, of course everything comes with a price

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Look up anything in the public domain. I think 20000 leagues under the sea, the adventures of sherlock holmes, that stuff..
it should all be free (was for me)
BTW - If a book lists nearly every device but left out Android, I'd bet a fair sum of money that's only because their website guys havn't updated the pages to included Kindle for Android. Again, not promising, but I'd bet thats what happened. They just need a few days to make sure everything is up to date and reflects the existence of Kindle for Android.
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Most if not all of the books in the Aldiko E-Book app are free, FYI

baiatul said:
There is a new free Kindle version in the Market for Android.
I installed it, and I was thinking about buying a book to give it a try.
But in the Amazon store, there is a list: This item works for so and so and so, and lists most Kindles, except for Android. So I didn't buy it.
Maybe it would work, maybe it's just that they need to update their list of devices.
Has somebody used this application already?
Thanks.
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Are you talking about Amazon's/Kindle's "Whispersync?" It's supposed to support the Android app- I guess that info you saw was just not updated as the Android app was released...
That's my two cents

Its actually cheaper for Amazon to have people use devices besides the Kindle for their book purchases and downloads so they are trying to expand to as many devices and platforms as possible. I'm going to grab their PC app today and see if I can actually see the graphics in my books.

Noob Squared said:
Aldiko Book Reader is free and it has a few free books, not sure if there is a way to save them and open them in Kindle, but it might be worth looking into.
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Thanks, I didn't know about Aldiko, but I installed it as well.

EtherealRemnant said:
Kindle app for Android works great and it syncs back with the Kindle. I just got a Kindle yesterday and had been reading like crazy... then I did a search for Kindle Android on Google and noticed they launched the app... downloaded it and it picked up right where I left off in my book. It puts all your books in the archive and downloads them when you decide to read one.
I just wish that pinch to zoom worked... or there was a zoom feature on the Kindle for pages that have diagrams and such...
One annoying thing - it locks the backlight at MAXIMUM brightness. Battery killer, hot phone, and too bright...
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Press menu and view options to change brightness.
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Medical apps for reference purposes

Hi all,
I work in an exercise referral setting dealing with clients with various different ailments and I'm looking for an app that might give me a greater insight into these conditions. It will be a medical one I'm guessing and I already have a pharmological one for the medication.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks
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bwfcmadlad said:
Hi all,
I work in an exercise referral setting dealing with clients with various different ailments and I'm looking for an app that might give me a greater insight into these conditions. It will be a medical one I'm guessing and I already have a pharmological one for the medication.
Any ideas would be great
Thanks
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You could use skyscape(free resources) or medpage very useful.I use them myself.

Thanks for those they are great!
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Theres also epocrates

try itriage... it is great too

Can't give you any suggestion on the medical side of the question but, if you find any of the many Stardict reference Dictionaries available (check @ stardict.sourceforge.net where you can find titles as Medciclopedia, Pharmaceutical terms, Dictionary of Medicine) to be of some use you can install them.
There's an app called Colordict in the market with just 6 available dictionaries but, in fact, this app reads any Stardict Dictionary.
Just download it (it's a TAR compressed file), extract the files* and copy them to \\sdcard\dictdata\
*must also decompress the XXX.dict.dz file to XXX.dict befor copying to sd (use wingz).

hello there, i am medical student and new to android, i was wondering if i can get all apps for medicine like for IOS, my friend uses a jailbroken iphone and is enjoying all these apps for free which otherwise would have costed him more then 400+ USD..
is there a similar thing in android ?　or i do need to buy all apps .. ?
$150 + for apps .. i cannot afford that .. little too high for me . .

Xoom for College

Going off on my second year at the University of Cincinnati. Wanted to see if there were any other Xoom'ers here going off to college and what exactly they planned to used their Xooms for. If they are replacing their laptop all together or what. I know I am now going to dock my laptop in my apartment and carry my Xoom around campus.
Any other students here?

I used mine a lot for school. I just purchased a stylus from Ebay and downloaded Writepad from the Themes & Apps section to test out this semester. I use it for taking notes and recording lectures.

gqstatus0685 said:
I used mine a lot for school. I just purchased a stylus from Ebay and downloaded Writepad from the Themes & Apps section to test out this semester. I use it for taking notes and recording lectures.
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I found Write Pad to be kind of laggy. I use Maple Paint and I've heard Tab Notes works well.
Also, FlexT9 (from Nuance, the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking) is a great 4 in one keyboard (tap, swipe, speak and handwrite) you can add to its dictionary...overall great app.

okantomi said:
I found Write Pad to be kind of laggy. I use Maple Paint and I've heard Tab Notes works well.
Also, FlexT9 (from Nuance, the makers of Dragon Naturally Speaking) is a great 4 in one keyboard (tap, swipe, speak and handwrite) you can add to its dictionary...overall great app.
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I will try those. WritePad is a little laggy but it's still in BETA.

I use writepad for taking notes but its a lil laggy
and i downloaded books in pdf to replace my textbooks
i'm still looking for an app if exist like to flyer.
Where i can highlight and add notes to a pdf file.
Maybe an app that can take a screenshot and be able to edit at the same time.

EL_G15 said:
I use writepad for taking notes but its a lil laggy
and i downloaded books in pdf to replace my textbooks
i'm still looking for an app if exist like to flyer.
Where i can highlight and add notes to a pdf file.
Maybe an app that can take a screenshot and be able to edit at the same time.
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WritePad is in the market now for .99. The lag is gone now that he added hardware acceleration.

gqstatus0685 said:
WritePad is in the market now for .99. The lag is gone now that he added hardware acceleration.
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Cool! I Will download it after work!
Thanks for the headsup

EL_G15 said:
Cool! I Will download it after work!
Thanks for the headsup
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Well, I'm not too impressed with any of them, using a stylus. Those things really need improvement. And writing with my finger just feels kind of funny...

I agree. It's like you're rubbing on a clitoris.
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I have been using mine at college since Feb. abd I love it. Last semester, I mainly just carried my laptop around to type all of my notes and used Evernote to sync them to my tab. I used thinking space for creating for brainstorming. I didn't want to hand write all of my notes because of how clunky it felt. Plus, there was no way I could keep up with my professors without typing my notes. I find that most of my classes that use websites for homework run well on my tab.
This semester I am going to try to leave my laptop in my dorm and just carry my tab around.
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gqstatus0685 said:
I agree. It's like your rubbing on a clitoris.
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.....dude what

okantomi said:
Well, I'm not too impressed with any of them, using a stylus. Those things really need improvement. And writing with my finger just feels kind of funny...
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Try an ostylus...haha pun from clitoral rubbing!....but seriously google ostylus they are the tits

gqstatus0685 said:
I agree. It's like you're rubbing on a clitoris.
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...Of what, a whale?

Psychokitty said:
...Of what, a whale?
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I was referring to writing with your finger on a big tablet.
I just didn't quote the guy before me.
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gqstatus0685 said:
I agree. It's like you're rubbing on a clitoris.
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*blinks*
Either way that sounds like a feature to me, not a bug.

I have given up on using my xoom for much practicality. This said, I am an engineering student, thus any computing needs I have can't be meet by an android tab.
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chbennett said:
I have given up on using my xoom for much practicality. This said, I am an engineering student, thus any computing needs I have can't be meet by an android tab.
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Still a ways to go for business users as well, unless you are using it for credit card swiping. It's good for transactions. Intuit has a pretty good little android app.

I do use my Zoom for work. I am using Quickoffice Pro with cloud computing to take notes at meetings. Sometimes I also use the bluetooth keyboard. This combination allows me to create, view, or edit any Word document. I also use it to check and answer all my google and exchange email. Through the VPN native app and a remote desktop app, I can connect to my office desktop to run work programs. It is a very functional business device.
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adevan said:
I do use my Zoom for work..... It is a very functional business device.
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I agree. If you learn what the Xoom and productivity apps are capable of, and realize what the Xoom is NOT capable of, it can be a very productive device.
The first thing you have to have is a computer (running XP is best) on the Internet 24/7. That doesn't appeal to some, but I've done it for years.
With a handful of select apps (or their equivelants), you can make your Xoom nearly (NEARLY) as productive as a laptop.
PhoneMyPC-
I view files and run programs on my desktop remotely using this. I even view a webcam with audio. It cannot download/upload.
DropBox-
Makes PhoneMyPC worth it. You can upload/download via DropBox, giving PhoneMyPC the one thing it lacks.
PrinterShare-
Prints anything at any time directly to my home or office printer, instantly. Will locate nearby wifi printers, too.
FTPCafe-
I have 4 websites and can manage them all from my Xoom now with this tool. Upload/download files, create folders, change permissions, etc. Great stuff. Increases my productivity 10 fold. Idownload html docs, make changes, and reupload them.
Documents to Go-
Microsoft editing suite emulator. Was really great, but since I bought it others have come out with better ones. A must have for pproductivity, however none of the apps seem to have the best of everything. You really need to research this one. Some won't replicate docs with the right margins, etc, while others (like mine) won't let Excel do equasions with sub-sheets. It can be frustrating, but there is a great thread around here on this topic pitting a few of the best against each other.
Then there are the usual smart phone Android apps, such as recorders, write pads, etc.
Prior to getting the Xoom, I used to lug around a bohemeth laptop. Now I have discovered the joy of lightwieght freedom by taking the fullest advantage of my home and office networks that Android apps have to offer. And they're always coming oput with better stuff!
Right now I'm typing on the Motorola BT keyboard and using a BT mini mouse with my Xoom in the dock, charging.
-My laptops are getting dusty. I've since yanked their hard drives and occassionally cable them to my tablet for anything I might need.
I will say this; there is definitely a learning curve associated with using the Xoom to try to replace your laptop. I've been learning how to do it since March, so if someone were to ask me, should I get Xoom or a laptop for school, I wouldn't tell them to get the tablet. But with practice, it CAN be done.
Android tablet apps are gearing towards productivity, though. I've already impressed my boss with AndCAD and some 3D model viewers, and using SolidWorks at work via my home network (Phone My PC) and then importing the files to my tablet (DropBox) and then loading them to a thumbdrive for him to give to the engineering dept.
But without having practiced that a lot, I could have looked like a bumbling fool in front of my boss.
-It's really like learning a whole new way to use a computer.
Note, all the apps I mentioned are pricey and you may want to do research before deciding on alternatives. Hope this helps.

They are pricey compared to many android apps (so many great free apps) but compared to PC software, they are super cheap. I just use my desktop and the Xoom. My life is so much easier now. I really wish I had something like this when I was in grad school.

[Q] How do I view, edit, word, excel & PDF's

I would like to view and edit MS Word & Excel documents on my Nexus 10. I would also like to view PDF's.
I'm sure there's an app for that, could someone recommend an app?
Also what's the best way to get the doc's into my Nexus, Google Drive? Gmail? Connect to my computer?
Any advice would be appreciated, as you guessed, I'm an Android noob, just got my Nexus 10 and I'm loving it.
Soon to be the proud owner of an HTC One, I'm dropping Apple and coming over to the dark side.
Thanks,

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I would like to view and edit MS Word & Excel documents on my Nexus 10. I would also like to view PDF's.
I'm sure there's an app for that, could someone recommend an app?
Also what's the best way to get the doc's into my Nexus, Google Drive? Gmail? Connect to my computer?
Any advice would be appreciated, as you guessed, I'm an Android noob, just got my Nexus 10 and I'm loving it.
Soon to be the proud owner of an HTC One, I'm dropping Apple and coming over to the dark side.
Thanks,
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I use an app called Office Suite Pro and Google Drive. Great combo. Welcome to Android world.

Take a look at Kingsoft Office, FTW!

Kingsoft is great, officesuite is not bad either, then there is adobe for pdfs, and also there is this one app that does work ok cloudon, it's still a work in progress but it's a nice one to try