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CloudOn 4.0 Brings Microsoft Office to Android Smartphones

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Many app makers have brought Microsoft Office-compatible apps to Android smartphones, but CloudOn decided to bring MS Office to the Android platform via the cloud with their CloudOn service and app. CloudOn is similar to the Onlive Desktop app, which also gives users a Microsoft Office virtual environment on tablets, or LogMeIn with their free Cubby app, which lets users control their own computer. But neither of those competitors supports smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy Note and Note II and more, in the way that CloudOn does.

CloudOn brings Office to mobile devices via a virtual environment served through the Internet. They began with the iPad and then added Android Tablets.

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CloudOn describes the service as follows:

Beyond simply optimizing Word, PowerPoint and Excel, the Android app provides users with contextual tools and additional editing options to make files more like living documents and less like individual cells.

What makes CloudOn compelling for smartphone users is that the Microsoft Office Ribbon gets customized to work with the Android smartphone via a touch-centric user interface. The app works in both portrait mode and landscape mode. This makes editing simpler with the large screens of an Android phone. The portrait mode makes it easier for reading a document.

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The app also adds something called FileSpace. This houses all the user’s notes and edits for a particular document. The changes get logged, making it easy for teams to see how another team member changed the file.

The functions from earlier versions of the CloudOn Android app for the tablet will work in this newer version optimized for Smartphones. That means users can work with their documents in Word, Excel and PowerPoint formats. They can also view PDF, JPG, PNG and GIF files. They can also interact with files from SkyDrive, DropBox, Box or Google Drive.

Advanced functions from Office, like Pivot Tables in Excel and PowerPoint slide and object transitions, will also work in this version of CloudOn.

Download CloudOn in the Google Play Store today. The app comes free.

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  1. 4TheLoveofTech

    02/21/2013 at 1:07 pm

    Please update your review. The Cloudon app does not work in Portrait Mode on Tablets only phones. I installed on my Nexus 7 and contacted tech support.

    With the lack of Portrait mode on a 7 inch tab the keyboard takes up 50% of screen space making the user experience non productive.

    Here is there response.

    Thank you for reaching out to us, we appreciate hearing from you.

    CloudOn does not currently provide support for landscape mode at this time, but we are considering this support for a feature release. If you would like to submit your vote for this feature we invite you to do so at:

    Once you do this, you’ll be able to track its status online as well.

    We hope this information is helpful. Please let us know if you have additional questions or if there is anything further we can do to be of assistance.

    Best regards.

    Rouben

    The CloudOn Team

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