Monday, March 25, 2002
"Pocket" Office: Why We May Never See a Full-featu
Posted by Tycho Morgan in "ARTICLE" @ 10:45 PM
http://www.writingonyourpalm.net/column020325.htm
Jeff is usually really great at picking catchy titles: I don't know what to say about this one. Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't pass over a column because the title is longer than your arm.
"Don't get me wrong, I like Pocket Word. Pocket Office's general interoperability with the desktop version of Office without necessary conversions is one of the things that attracted me to the Pocket PC. And that might be the problem."
"As much as I love my Pocket PC, I'm starting to wonder about Microsoft. I heard some speculation recently that got me thinking about why the Pocket Office apps are missing some of the core features that PalmOS apps like Documents To Go and WordSmith provide, and I don't like where that train of thought is taking me."
I must say that I agree with what Jeff has said. Pocket Office is really great, until it isn't. Pocket Outlook is easily supplemented by Pocket Informant or Agenda Fusion, but as of right now there isn't anything that can enrich our Pocket PC word processing and spreadsheet experiences. Given the main uses of my Jornada, a slightly more feature filled version of Pocket Word coupled with that thought-based-input system that I've had my eye on for a while, would make my Pocket PC writing experience complete.
Jeff is usually really great at picking catchy titles: I don't know what to say about this one. Don't judge a book by its cover, and don't pass over a column because the title is longer than your arm.
"Don't get me wrong, I like Pocket Word. Pocket Office's general interoperability with the desktop version of Office without necessary conversions is one of the things that attracted me to the Pocket PC. And that might be the problem."
"As much as I love my Pocket PC, I'm starting to wonder about Microsoft. I heard some speculation recently that got me thinking about why the Pocket Office apps are missing some of the core features that PalmOS apps like Documents To Go and WordSmith provide, and I don't like where that train of thought is taking me."
I must say that I agree with what Jeff has said. Pocket Office is really great, until it isn't. Pocket Outlook is easily supplemented by Pocket Informant or Agenda Fusion, but as of right now there isn't anything that can enrich our Pocket PC word processing and spreadsheet experiences. Given the main uses of my Jornada, a slightly more feature filled version of Pocket Word coupled with that thought-based-input system that I've had my eye on for a while, would make my Pocket PC writing experience complete.
