First Full Office Suite for iPhone Announced – Quickoffice

A provider of mobile office productivity software has confirmed that it would be the first to release a complete Office suite for iPhone, with native support for editing Microsoft Word and Excel files. Quickoffice will be officially introduced and showcased at CTIA, April 1-3, 2009, at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

According to Quickoffice Inc., the suite is the first of its kind to include robust document and spreadsheet editors, along with file access and content management functionalities for iPhone users. The application with the same name is said to offer a comprehensive range of functionality including font formatting, content selection, bullets and cut, copy and paste within Word documents. Editable documents can also be modified in landscape view, to leverage a wider keyboard. Additionally, users will be able to easily revise inputs and recalculate, insert and resize rows and columns within the application, thanks to Quickoffice's extensive mathematical and statistical functions, including advanced Excel formulas for spreadsheet processing.

“Quickoffice is excited to be the first to bring Word editing functionality to the iPhone,” said Gregg Fiddes, vice president of sales and strategic partnerships at Quickoffice. “We are dedicated to bringing the most robust, full-featured application to this platform and will continue to add capabilities and services to meet the needs of our users. Quickoffice for iPhone leverages the intuitive iPhone user interface to allow for easy editing, viewing and sharing of Office documents.”

As iPhone users wait for the suite to launch in the App Store, pricing has already been set at $19.99. To address specific user needs, Quickoffice will be releasing Quicksheet Excel spreadsheet editor for $12.99 (formerly named MobileFiles Pro), and Quickword Word document editor for $12.99. Lastly, the former MobileFiles 2.0 will change its name to Quickoffice Files, allowing users to access PC- or Mac-based files via Wi-Fi and MobileMe iDisk accounts. The latter will be priced at $3.99.