I hate writing bad reviews especially for products lines that I have used for a very, very long time. I used DocumentsToGo on my very first pocket pc and on all of my palms. Sadly, this product is the poorest showing that DataViz has ever made for a product launch. I did understand that Excel spreadsheet editing is in the works (although this has been a feature included in their other platforms at launch), but their competition has this feature already. The missing email feature is unfortunate, especially given that their competing apps have this functionality as well. What is unforgivable, however, are the buggy interfaces. Among these are the inability to exit edit mode when attempting to delete documents, the difficulty selecting text for clipboard (the document jumps all over the screen so you have to be a skilled microsurgeon...), and the severe typing lagtime in word.

I understand the restrictions of this initial version of Documents to Go: it's a document synchronizer with the ability to edit Word documents on the iPhone.

Where is the email button within the program? Why must you have an Exchange Account for this to work? Why will it not work with my native gmail application that is already in my iPhone? Why can we not print directly from the device? HP offers an app to print pictures wirelessly from iPhone, Dataviz couldn't figure it out? Also, being able to upload files from this docs2go folder from another application like Safari is a neccesity. The way this app is now it is rather worthless, and does not function as a stand alone app at all- all files must be synced to your PC before you can do anything with them. At first I was excited this was only $5, but now I see why. It's not worth a penny more. At least incorporate email for non- Microsoft Exchange users?

The app is great in itself, but a little useless without email. I can live without editing attatchments, but I'm a student and when I need to finish up a paper on the fly I will also need to email it to the person its supposed to get to. It's a great app and I'll change my review once they figure out a way to integrate non-exchange email support.

I'm amazed that a well known company like Dataviz would release an app that is half-baked. No email of docs and more important, you can not edit Excel. What were they thinking. If you need these functions, then get Quickoffice.

I've been waiting for this app since last year. I've been checking the app store everyday since May. It finally arrives and they don't include excel editing or email support? This is ridiculous! Basically, it's a note taking app only right now. I'm very disappointed. D2G was so good on my old Treo. I've been holding out on buying Quickoffice, and now I'm mad at myself for waiting. Dataviz released an incomplete app. I'll update my review when I have the ability to create and edit excel files (and have the ability to email files).

Picture shows email button yet this version won't email. What's the point?

I have waited since December when I switched from my Palm to the iPhone. It's a good start but the main thing I was lookin for was Excel editing which this app does not have. Dataviz has fallen short on this app. I hope they plan an update rather quickly. There is not much use for this version except to type word doc. Not happy with the purchase.

The interface is nice and smooth, but this app has a lot of keyboard lag. It's so bad it's usually 2 to 3 letters behind what I'm typing. This is acceptable in games, where all you need is to type your name, but definitely not in a word processor. Also, (I may just be blind here) there doesn't seem to be a font size or paragraph style option. Come now. I remember changing font sizes on my 33Mhz Palm m505. As is, you can't even make a header. 2 Stars. The app looks polished enough and the font size thing isn't a dealbreaker, but what's the point if the software keyboard is basically unusable?

Please dataviz developers take note of this bugs... I tryed finding a way to send this issues directly to you, but to my surpirse ... YOU DONT RECEIVE EMAILS.

Pretty disappointing !! Makes no sense to have excel documents, and not be able to edit them. I was expecting something similar to the version that runs with the TREO, at least !! After using it for 5 minutes, I felt that my money was wasted (even its cost of $5 bucks).

Although it only has word editing it is about the same as quickoffice it does have more features like commenting and searching documents it fails to show pictures. I have my logo is many of my documents and images for articles I write don't show up and this is the same with quickoffice. It's kind of annoying. In quickoffice when I open the docx to previewit the images show but not when I open to edit. I do hope you get on the os 3.0 copy paste and allow copying parts of a spreadsheet into a word document and maybe mail merge using the contact list and copy paste images. For the price get it, it had better features than quickoffice. I hope scrolling excel spreadsheets is smoother than quickoffice.

Desktop sync application does not work! At least not on a mac. Have brand new laptop, updated software, and desktop sync application crashes repeatedly and will not open. No point in having this software if you can't sync your documents to your phone

Frankly, we all know the great things d2g can do -- on other platforms -- but the only argument for the iPhone version is its introductory price. Beyond that there isn't much to work with yet. Excel, PowerPoint and Acrobat are simply displayed using the iPhone's builtin viewers, and Word ... It's a start, and certainly not what I was expecting from Dataviz. First time I actually miss my Palm.

Register on the Iphone. You will get an e mail with your registration number. Go to Dataviz.com and click on Downloads. Then you want Redownload Software. Plug in your last name and registration number where indicated and it will take you to the software. BCA

After waiting for several months for this app to come out, I eagerly bought it. Much to my surprise, there is no way to e-mail the document you edit or create. Who would want to go to the trouble to create, or even edit a document on the iphone if you can't e-mail it?? The only way to e-mail the new document you created is to synch it back to the computer, and then e-mail it from your computer. This app is useless without the capability of e-mail. Unless there is an update very soon, I will get rid of this app and try to find something else.

a) Does it support copy'n'paste in OS 3.0 and sharing a clipboard with other apps? I am trying to do it and it seems not working. :((

I have been anticipating the approval of this app...quick setup and simple sync. Note that screenshots above show an e-mail link (which I believe is a screen capture from the Exchange $9.99 version.) This version allows sync only via the desktop client, which is quite simple to do. On the downside, would be nice to create docs and directly email them...

i bought the 4.99 version. but i can't use it. the info said the app was compatible with the itouch & i cant get it to download on mine. i dont know if this is because i have the 1st generation itouch but the info needs to be a little more clear so we dont end up buying things we cant use

Great app, hopefully the next version will be even better (although there is very little room to improve). Works flawlessly with a few exceptions: 1. No way to exit the edit mode for deleting files. 2. Slow to load documents. 3. Limited support for objects embedded in Word documents. ***So much more useful with a jailbroken device. This + iFile (free in Cydia) act like a real desktop computer.

I used DTG in multiple versions on the various Palm phone I had and loved it! I just bought the DTG for iPhone, and am wondering why you wouldn't provide an option for syncing files with MobileMe, or least having the desktop app sync with MobileMe? I have all of the files already on my iPhone and want to be able to sync with that and not duplicate everything. Will that be an option at some point? Until it is, the product is almost worthless!

This is a great application for editing and creating Word documents, but I don't use Microsoft Word on the desktop. I want iWork's .pages files to be viewable and editable. After that: 5 stars.

Any Palm user can tell you that Docs2 Go is the only way to create and edit Word documents on a mobile device, especially when you're not on a network. I wrote an entire graphic novel, Rumble Girls:SWT on a Palm Tungsten, and many rewrites of the Oh! My Goddess manga on a Zire, both times with Docs2Go. I wrote unwired, and synced docs when I returned to my desktop. The ability to still use D2G unwired is a boon for iPod Touch users like myself. I'm glad D2G is out to help me finish scripting my fifth graphic novel, Rumble Girls:RLO, on my iPod Touch. The last Palm version of D2G I bought cost about $25., so snap this app up while you can. It's the best $4.99 you'll invest in your work this year.

Ok first off I've got to start by asking DataViz what the hell are you thinking? 4 dollars? This is the nicest version of Docs I have used on any platform. Don't get me wrong I love it on my BB which also costs a great deal more than on this platform by the way (worth every penny though I might add) Anybody who is reading this and is thinking you don't really have too big of a need for software like this well all I have to say is BUY it anyways, come on 4 bucks is nothing and you will kick yourself later when you realize you need this and who knows DataViz might come back to planet earth and realize what they're charging for this and raise the price back up to where it really probably should have been in the first place. Which is much higher than what it is now. This piece of software is almost an essential application for a mobile phone and it is not a fluke that it comes standard on quite a few phones. Again don't even think about the price just buy it. DataViz went above and beyond what was expected and has gone far far above what was required for a program such as this. I cannot give it enough praise, sure there is one or two little things that bug me but they are just personal preferences really and who knows another person who uses this program may love those features which I do not. That is about all the negative I can say about this software. This may not be very popular thing to say but I very much appreciate them not releasing this project earlier just to get it out quick. It is refreshing when the devolopers are allowed to really pound on the code and get it perfect before launched. But I guess time is money otherwise we would still all be programming in assembler. Anyways I really do appreciate you guys getting it done so well before you released public. This program is absolutely fantastic, their cut copy paste implementation is second to none I just absolutely love it and it works so well. It feels very natural and is very close to the way I've been using cut copy paste on the phone with clippy's implementation. The desktop sync is fantastic and couldn't really ask for a better setup given the limitations for sync set by apple at the moment. I hope after 3.0 gets released public and now having access at the dock connector they will be able to implement a sync over the wires option too. Alright well I'm out of ideas to keep on writing here and I think you have probably realized I completely recommend this software and I think it is a must have. At only 4 dollars it is a no brainer, go check out the other platforms they have written this app on and compare the price to the iPhone. They are not even in the same ballpark we are very lucky they're selling for so cheap. If for nothing else you will be supporting further development on this platform and also supporting one of the best software companies out there.

If you have ever used Documents to Go on any other platform, then this is another job well done by DataViz. I will expect real OS 3.0 copy and paste, but this is great. Plus, you can't beat the intro price.

This is what I have been waiting for, a solid app that I can meaningfully edit Word documents on. I don't understand all the complaints. Typing is fine. I had no problems setting up the sync with D2G desktop. Though I downloaded the Mac version, it syncs my office docs through Windows in Parallels. True, Excel files can only be viewed, but updates are coming, no? So, what is the problem? This is a great app and no doubt will only get better.

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This is on its way to being the greatest app ever. The only thing I could possibly add is the ability to do a print preview. If I create and send a document from my phone, it would be nice to be able to see what is being viewed by the receiver. Sometimes the presentation is critical. GREAT update!

I bought this app on 7/8/09 to use for editing large word documents containing novels and stories. I've now found that it does not support page breaks or the formatted numbering, thus making it virtually useless for my purposes. Please add this feature (which seems to be on your other versions for other platforms). Also helpful would be a way to quickly scroll to a specific page (one page breaks and numbering are implemented). For now, this will be a novelty app for me until I can use it to its full potential.

I was this close to buying QO -> . <- when I finally read the tweet that Apple FINALLY released Docs To Go for iPhone. No, not really! I have been a Docs To Go user since my days with a Palm V. I'm excited to see it here for iPhone even if at first release it only does Word Docs. As an aspiring writer, it was getting tedious to write things in a note. I'm going to enjoy this experience and I encourage everyone to give it a try. Thank God I waited it out. Now that's finally out I look forward to the regular updates I have always experienced with Dataviz Inc. Great company with great products! Documents To Go is the only way to go! Did I mention how excited I am now to finally have the ability to write Word Docs on my iPhone!!!! Eeeek! I'm so geeked out!

First, let me share my background. I am a physician, and have used the MS Office software routinely since 1996. Since 2001, I have depended on carrying my MS Office files with me in 3 different HP iPaq Pocket PCs running different versions of Windows Mobile. I also like to have with me at all times medical diagrams that I have “cut and pasted” and scanned throughout my career. I used these files not only for my own reference, but for teaching purposes, too.

Since the V1.1 update this is a pretty full featured Word app. Ability to send by email is great. I realize this will never be as advanced as the desktop version of Word, but the addition of a few (final?) features would make this much more useful:

It's a simple application that is capable creating, editing simple documents. It says on the listing you cab create tables but it's a false claim. You can not copy any kind of image or table. You can't create table. You can't even change the font size. Overall it's more like a notepad. Don't expect anything more than that.

This update has brought much joy! Email support for all. Copy and paste features. It is an awesome app for an outstanding price. Should be on every iphone and ipod touch!

Documents To Go has the best user interface for working with Word documents. For example, Quickoffice has a good interface, too, except when you try editing a document in landscape mode, at which point the editing toolbar is inaccessible.

It's a simple application that is capable of creating, editing simple documents. It says on the listing you can create tables but it's a false claim. You can not copy any kind of image or table. You can't create table. Now after update you can change Font size. The worst part is you can not access email attachment. You can't even access iDisk. I usually keep all the important doc in iDisk and also email inbox. But D2Go is useless for me it neither can access iDisk nor email attachment. If it can access iDisk and email attachment , I will prefer it over Quickword untill then it's nothing but a crap. It says you can edit document, when I can't access the doc how the hell will I edit it? Who wants to sync DToGo desctop version all the time. At the moment this app is good but practically useless and worthless. QuickWod at same price can do the both shy would anybody go for this useless half baked app. Overall it's more like a notepad. Don't expect anything more than that. And don't go by positive reviews, that are written by either developers team or people who have very limited requirements. For me and many others, if you can't access email attachment and Idisk then the app is totally worthless.

Be sure you have wi-fi set up on whatever computer you want to transfer docs from or you can't. You also have to download software to your desktop. So if you're company doesn't allow you to do this or they don't have wi-fi, you can't transfer docs. You can download the software at home, but how many households have wi-fi networks set up. It doesn't work with USB cable. I can't really use this app as I intended until we do. I was excited-now disappointed that these requirements weren't made clear prior to purchase.

I had no problems syncing between my iPhone, notebook, and desktop. Of course, doing so requires some effort but it is rather easy to do. Documents show up crisp and clear in both portrait and landscape. Creating Word documents is easy, but obviously typing more than 150 words is really not practical. Definitely more suited to editing documents than creating them. Overall, a nifty little piece of software to keep you from having to unload notebook to edit something. Unfortunately, syncing can only be done over wifi. I don't think Apple allows any program to sync over USB. Looking forward to the Excel upgrade.

I have been using this since it debuted in the AppStore. It's always functioned quite well. Version 2.0 introduces excel support. Great app for the price. I recommend this app to anybody needing a mobile doc/xls editor. As an added bonus, it includes a PDF reader...