The archived August 8, 2009 article examined office work on an iPhone. The surviving discussion names Quickoffice Mobile Office Suite and Documents To Go with Exchange Attachments.
This reconstruction covers the products documented in that record. It does not repeat the original prices as current offers or imply that those historical editions remain available.
Getting the file onto the phone
The Quickoffice section discussed Word and Excel editing, Wi-Fi transfer, email and MobileMe iDisk access. The Documents To Go section described Word editing, viewing several other document formats, Exchange attachments and desktop synchronization.
These were period capabilities, with format-specific limitations. A product’s ability to open a document did not necessarily mean it could edit every element or save the result with identical formatting.
Test a complete round trip
For any mobile office workflow, begin with a representative file rather than an empty document. Open it on the phone, make a small change, save it and inspect the result in the environment where the file will ultimately be used.
Look at the parts that matter to the task. A text correction needs different checks from a spreadsheet formula or a tightly arranged page. Being able to read the content is only one part of being able to complete the work.
Know which copy is authoritative
An email attachment, a synchronized file and a downloaded copy may represent different points in the document’s history. Before editing, identify where the current version lives and how the changed copy will return there.
The 2009 article captures an early stage of mobile office software, when file transfer was as important as the editing interface. Its lasting question is concrete: can a person receive the right document, make the needed change and deliver an intact result without losing track of the version?