Written by cervelli on Monday, November 2, 2009

Link Love: Clinton Fitch Reviews DataViz Documents to Go for iPhone (Exchange Synchronization Edition)

Next in the iPhone review series at ClintonFitch.com, the DataViz Documents To Go office suite has been tested in its Exchange Synchronization Edition.

If you have ever used a Palm OS device, you should know the DataViz Documents To Go office suite, which has been given for free in Treos and Centros and allow to create, edit and view Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.

From Clinton’s review:

[...] That’s where Data Viz comes in for iPhone owners. Their Documents to Go application allows you to synchronize Word and Excel documents or create them on your iPhone, make the platform highly functional in an enterprise environment. Further, you can view PowerPoint, PDF, iWorks and other document formats all in this one powerful application. The editors for Word and Excel look and function similar to the Office applications in Windows Phone and while they are not as powerful as the desktop versions of these applications, they do provide enough functionality to allow you to make good looking, well formatted documents with little trouble.

The review shows the Exchange Synchronization version, which allows you to view and send email attachments in MS Office main documents format from the native iPhone Mail application.

While I suggest to give the review a full read, the impatient can find Clinton’s concluding remarks below:

There is little not to like about Documents to Go for iPhone. It is a feature rich editor for Word and Excel documents and allows you to view those along with PDFs and PowerPoint presentations all in one place. Synchronization with the desktop works well with the free desktop application and the ability to view and send Exchange emails with attachments is very welcome. I would like to see the desktop sync setup made a little easier and something that can be initiated from the desktop when you are setting it up. Just seems to me it should be able to go both ways.

DataViz sells two versions of Documents to Go for iPhone – Standard and the Exchange Synchronization edition. They are $9.99 and $14.99 respectively.

What I Like:

Powerful editors for Word and Excel

Ability to view PowerPoint presentations

Desktop synchronization

Exchange email attachment viewing and ability to send emails with attachments

Speedy

What I Don’t Like:

Desktop sync can only be started from the iPhone initially – seems it should be an either/or option for users