Want to view and edit Microsoft docs on your iPhone or Android mobile device? Don’t wish to pay a small fortune to download an app that enables you to do it? Google’s got your answer. As writer CJ Arlotta affirms in a recent story on the MSPmentor Web site, Google is now providing users free access to its Quickoffice app, one that permits them to view and edit Office documents on their smartphones.
A way into Microsoft Office?
Is this a way for Google to get into the lucrative Microsoft Office market? It appears to be. As Arlotta writes, the Quickoffice app was formerly available only to Google Apps for Business users. The app now, though, permits all users the capability to view and work with Microsoft Office documents on iPads, iPhones and Android phones and tablets.
Good-hearted?
Arlotta’s story cites a comment from one of Google’s vice presidents who stated that all users like “free stuff.†And that’s why Google made the Quickoffice app available. Others, though, ponder whether Google has more business-like reasons: Offering Quickoffice free of charge might give Google its chance to break into the lucrative world of Microsoft Office.
Downloading
No matter Google’s motives, the move provides you with an opportunity to grab a powerful app for free. Simply visit either the App Store or Google Play to download Quickoffice. Note, though, that you will have sign into a Google account to start using the app.
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