Can note view & edit Word documents? Also...

[artaqaf]

hi all. i have been an iPhone guy for the past 2 years. looking at new options and this Note looks fantastic.

i know nothing about Android's so my question is, can i "Drag&Drop" office documents onto the Note to view them...and if so, can i edit them?? ideally, i have about 1000 word and Microsoft Journal documents i want to keep on it.


thanx! --- art.

 

[Projectrally]

Hey Art,

I'm a recent convert myself. I've been using iOS since the original iPhone, and I just sold my iPhone 4 to help pay for a Note. I don't miss the iPhone at all. The Note is just incredible. Yes, it can edit word documents. It comes pre-installed with a full version of Polaris Office which will let you edit word documents. You can drag and drop them onto the device too. I'm a Mac user, so when I want to put small files onto the Note, I just send them using bluetooth, which is perfect for word docs.

Unlike the iPhone, Android has a user-accessible central file structure, so you can very easily manage your files. So if you decide to buy a different Doc editor in the Android Market, you can go back and forth between multiple programs without having to keep multiple versions of the file on your device.

 

[artaqaf]

tx for the reply Pro! very helpful. i am REAL excited to order this tomorrow. good to hear from a former iPhone guy

does the Note have access to as many apps as an iPhone? do you prefer Android or iPhone apps?

if you live in the States, how are you already using a Note? (which carrier?)


tx again --- art.

 

[Projectrally]

The Android Market isn't as big as the App Store, but with about a quarter of a million apps, it's still huge. There's only been one application - RoadTrip (a fuel economy tracker) - for my iPhone that I haven't found an equivalent for on the Market. But there are plenty of alternatives, so I just downloaded a different highly rated app and that was that.

Preference is trickier. There are definitely apps that I had for my iPhone that work a LOT better on Android. What'sApp, for instance. The iOS client for What'sApp was terrible, and the Android version is leaps and bounds better. Same goes for google maps...it's lightyears ahead of what came bundled with the iPhone. But other Apps I've downloaded were better on iOS. It really all comes down to the developer, and how they ported the app to each device. In general, though, I'd say that most things are just about on par, so you certainly won't feel like you're getting cut-rate versions of apps. Most of the major apps - Netflix, Skype, Pulse, etc. are nearly identical.

I live in Maine and I am an AT&T customer. The international version of the Note has 3G and HSPA+ speeds for AT&T's network. When my Note arrived, I popped the microsim out of my iPhone, made a sim adapter (i traced a friend's regular sized sim and then cut it out of thin plastic), and slid that into the Note. Then I updated my settings as recommended in this forum, and I was up and running in about 3 minutes.