Tag Archive for 'office mobile'

O2 now with (HTC’s) Wings!

Published by Chris Leonard on January 21, 2008 in Handsets. 0 Comments

htcs730.jpgNo, not Paul McCartney’s old band, O2 has got the latest HTC smartphone – the HTC Wings  - and it’s out now.

The Wings (or HTC S730 to give it it’s product name) is basically an upgrade to the S710 (also on O2). But this doesn’t detract from it being a really attractive device.

The Windows Mobile 6.0 device has a complete suite of Office Mobile applications, letting you read and edit Word, Excel and PDF documents, and from the Live HTC Home screen, gives you instant access to email, calendar, messages and so on.

The slider has a full QWERTY keypad under the screen (as you’d expect from a HTC device these days), so you can type emails and send them quickly via the Wi-Fi/3G/HSDPA connection.

So what else has it got? Well, there’s stereo Bluetooth for relaxing with music when you’re not working, or you can watch videos on the 2.4-inch colour screen.

Devices like this might be a dime a dozen these days, but that doesn’t stop it being highly desirable if you’re a businessman (or woman) on the move…



Microsoft releases Office 2007 support for Office Mobile

Published by Stuart Houghton on December 7, 2007 in Applications. 0 Comments

office mobileWell, it had only been out for a year - Microsoft has finally released a free update for Office Mobile that adds support for its Office 2007 file formats.

The new Open XML (eXtensible Markup Language) formats for Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents are said to reduce file size, which is a bonus if you are downloading them over GPRS, and they add security features.

Available for download here, the update also adds support for working files stored within ZIP archives, some viewing enhancements for Excel spreadsheets and support for the SmartArt diagram format.

It’s a rather chunky 12MB download, and you will need at least 6MB free on your Windows Mobile (version 5 or 6) device to install and run the upgrade.