Aileron Allows Reading Word, Excel Email Attachments
One of the key challenges faced by companies deploying Palm OS handhelds is the conversion of files from Microsoft Office formats to a form that can be read on the handheld. Together, Corsoft’s Aileron wireless e-mail application and Cutting Edge Software's Quickoffice allow users to receive spreadsheet and document attachments via e-mail. Individuals can subscribe to Corsoft’s e-mail service starting at $30 a year.
Users of Microsoft Excel on the desktop will be able to e-mail Excel attachments to Palm users with Quicksheet installed – and the files will convert to Quicksheet format on demand as users manage e-mail and attachments wirelessly. Once received by the handheld users, the attachments can be viewed and edited fully. Similar capabilities are also incorporated for conversion of Microsoft Word files to the Quickword format.
At this time, a Palm user can't email a Quickoffice file and have it converted to Microsoft Office format. This feature is in development, though, according to Chirag Patel from Corsoft.
“E-mail access is critical for today’s mobile knowledge workers, and Corsoft Aileron makes opening the most common attachments seamless and fast, especially when used with Quickoffice.” said Michael Compeau, Cutting Edge Software's VP of business development and planning.
Corporations can install an enterprise-edition of Aileron Server on their corporate network and experience end-to-end security of the information being transmitted via the handheld devices. Corsoft Aileron Enterprise Server starts at $2,500 and includes a five-user Client Access License. Additional licenses are available at $500 for a 10-set license pack.
Related Information:
- PIC: Quickoffice Gets a Facelift
- PIC: Quickword 5.0 Review
- PIC: Quicksheet 5.0 Review
- PIC: Software Forum
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password?
Does anybody knows if the file will de converted if it is password protected?
C_Blue
Documents To Go Does this too!
Have I missed something?
mrscarey
palmist and visionary
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RE: Documents To Go Does this too!
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RE: Documents To Go Does this too!
> having to pay subscription....
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> Have I missed something?
Yes, I'm afraid you have. Docs-to-Go does not work with regular Microsoft Office files. If someone emailed you an Excel file and you then tried to open it with Docs-to-Go, you would be stymied. The Docs-to-Go conduit on your desktop computer has to convert the Excel or Word file into a new format, Docs-to-Go format for lack of a better term, as part of the process of moving it onto your handheld.
Some PPC fan will probably point this out so I'll beat them to it. Microsoft's Pocket Word and Pocket Excel do work with native Office files. However, from all reports they do this very poorly and remove much of the formatting from the files.
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RE: Documents To Go Does this too!
Besides, who wants to wait 30 minutes for your Palm to pull down someone's 2.2MB bloated Word file? I'd rather that attachment got turned into the 30K of text and format codes it really is and sent on. Much quicker to download and more useful.
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RE: Documents To Go Does this too!
Sending Excel/Word files is possible
> At this time, a Palm user can't email a Quickoffice
> file and have it converted to Microsoft Office
> format. This feature is in development, though,
> according to Chirag Patel from Corsoft.
This statement is incorrect. If you dig deeper into the Quickoffice site you find this solution:
http://www.cesinc.com/solutions/es_equinox.html
RE: Sending Excel/Word files is possible
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Aileron works on Palm VII/VIIx
The disadvantage is needing a special server, either the one at Aileron you pay $30/year to access or the one you pay much money to get for your company.
ThinAirApps's mail app also works on the Palm VII using a PQA -- it has a big disadvantage of requiring the UI to be sent over and over again and not being able to save mail on the device. It is still free however.