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Google Docs optimized for viewing on the iPhone

Over at the official Google Docs blog they've announced a a revision of the Google Docs interface designed more mobile devices, in particular the iPhone. You can now get "mobile-optimized versions of your docs, spreadsheets, and even presentations (for iPhone only for now)" by pointing your mobile browser at http://docs.google.com/m .

Unfortunately, the revision is still read-only, allowing you to view your documents, but not to edit them. Hopefully, Google will figure out a way to bring editing to the iPhone before February. In any case, this could still come in handy if you're a regular Google Docs user on the go.

[via übergizmo]

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Conor Kirk

What kind of bugs me: Apple is promoting iPhone/iTouch's web browser because it browses the normal web, the same web on your computer.

So why is it, when I go to Google.com on my iTouch, it goes to google.com/m

Even clicking "Classic" view at the bottom takes me right back to the mobile page.

This seems to be against Apple's idea of the "normal" internet.

(If you want to witness this, download iPhoney, and choose iPhone user agent.)

October 29 2007 at 8:39 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
John

The Doc section works fine on a WM5 device, specfically a Samsung SCH-i730. Spreadsheets will download as a an .xls. The presentations have no option for viewing.

I personally think this is the prelude to the gPhone or gPhone OS. Get this out first and then release the new product.

October 23 2007 at 4:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Justin Eaton

@7: The iTouch and iPhone Safari are pretty much the same, but do contain a small piece of code to differentiate them, so a few sites are iPhone-only, while sites like Facebook just look for mobile Safari.

In general: Google Calendar, and others now works on the iTouch. Yay!

October 22 2007 at 11:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Kuswanto

Of course it will work with iTouch. It has simillar Safari with the hi-tech sibling iPhone.

Probably Google will not add editing feature, they probably making a real codes with iPhone SDK. Google is BFF of Apple.

October 22 2007 at 10:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mr Lizard

Works great on the touch!

If only we had editing...

With a £3.99 p/m subscription to The Cloud, plus the ability to edit Google Docs, that would turn the touch into a great PDA....

October 22 2007 at 7:21 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sodapop

Would be better if they made it 144px wide so it could be used in FireFox and IE side panels. It still looks OK. Bookmark it, change the properties to open in side panel.

October 22 2007 at 7:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Marc

Seems to be working on the iPod touch...

October 22 2007 at 6:22 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ernie.

first thing first.... iPhones full internet... isn't the wattered down version, yet barely the full version.. its the i-internet. Second Google makes the BEST apps... but at the same time the ugliest.. glad to see a change here.

October 22 2007 at 4:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
brian

It would be nice if google notebook was fully supported in Safari. That's the only app of theirs I use, and it's just about the only thing I use Firefox for.

October 22 2007 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
K

Now we just need them to update the way they display Docs in Safari 3....*sigh*...and Gmail.

October 22 2007 at 4:17 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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