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[HTC Inspire 4G] stew32:
Thanks guys, I really appreciate the responses. Well, although I did not want to root, it seems like my only option. I thought about returning the phone to AT&T and paying the $35 restocking fee and going to Verizon to buy the Thunderbolt, but after further taught, it doesn’t seem cost effective just for a front facing camera and a kickstand where the low volume might still be an issue. So, I will return the defective phone to AT&T since people can’t hear me on the other end and then root the new phone to increase the volume. Since this will be my first attempt at rooting and flashing a custom ROM, can either of you direct me to a link where I can lean the procession? I want to try twopumpchump's optimized stock ROM as recommended by DeathmonkeyGTX, but first I need to learn how to root and flash. Thanks!
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
Root and flash the rom in my signature. With volume issues from day one also, this solved them all!~:)
[HTC Inspire 4G] stew32:
Excuse me SNadler, but I have no idea what you mean "in my signature".
[HTC Inspire 4G] kirk123:
He's telling you to flash coredroid Rom located in the Dev's section.

Sent from the moon using XDA App
[HTC Inspire 4G] mdunn1066:
CM7 Has an app called DSP manager which allows you to up the speaker volume. I set mine to a volume right before it gets so loud the speaker starts distorting and its perfect. I highly recommend cyanogenmod. Its what I used on my Nexus One, and its what im using on my inspire now! :)
[HTC Inspire 4G] wastegate13:
Which will help with his call issue but not with the notification volume. I really miss the volume that my N1 had on CM7. This phone is great except that its so quiet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] mdunn1066:
No. It increases the external speaker volume too.
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
The only walk around I have found for notification loudness without flashing another rom has been to use a louder sound. Either made myself or found one. With the rom I am using I have to turn the volume down on notifications!:D
[HTC Inspire 4G] acPIZZA:
Can you post your homemade notification?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hiltun:
Some of the sounds from HTC Hub are loud.
[HTC Inspire 4G] acPIZZA:
Post which ones?
[HTC Inspire 4G] hiltun:
downward

level up

moden

shooter

synthia

three up

up coming
[HTC Inspire 4G] zormy007:
I can confirm. I found the volume to be very low coming from an iPhone 4. I downloaded the "8-Bit" sound pack from HTC Hub and found that most of these were significantly louder than the other options. I set a few for my notifications and can hear the phone now when getting texts and emails.

Non rooted stock Inspire 4G.

Hope this helps others!
[HTC Inspire 4G] hiltun:
I am using the 8bit sounds too.

Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G
[HTC Inspire 4G] SNadler:
If you flash CoreDroid 5.1 you will be turning down the volume on your notifications and alarms, at least I did. Even speakerphone is louder. Revolution is another that I found works exceptionall well. I think Coredroid is a little louder and clearer. :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Attention attention! Whenever you thought they were dead they're coming to eat your brains! (or whatever).

Please visit the Transformer forum for the comparison that I will update more regularly!

PLEASE NOTE:

I do not have an updated version of Polaris if available since I am running my TF101 on an excellent custom ROM. I also have not found it necessary to update the Documents to Go comparison since the version number increased marginally (and it was never good to begin with).

I also noticed that some apps might benefit from installing the right fonts into the internal memory into root/fonts. My comparison is based on a stock scenario where no additional fonts have been installed.

Updates

Here is the UPDATED overview table including the SoftMaker apps (although there is no "umbrella suite" like in the others). Please take some time to go through the features as some have actually improved!

I have also added the PowerPoint comparison here (did I really never have a separate post for it?) with the most recent office suites and updated the Word comparison.

I also took a screenshot of the "welcome" screen of each suite:

Documents To Go Market link

Picsel Smart Office2 Market link

QuickOffice Pro HD Market link

Polaris Office

ThinkFree Mobile for Tablet Market link

OfficeSuite Pro + Market link

Kingsoft Office Market link

SoftMaker Office Market link

This post is to illustrate the differences in rendering/interpretation of the different Office Suites. The PowerPoint file contains three slides; the first showing the different graphics, the second showing some text formatting, and the third one a table and a graphic with some MS Office 2007+ effects.

Updates

Here is the UPDATED comparison table including SoftMaker Presentations. Please take some time to go through the updated features as some have actually improved!

IMPORTED GRAPHICS

Original Screenshots from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker Presentations

TEXT FORMATTING

Original Screenshot from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010:

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker Presentations

TABLES AND EFFECTS

Original Screenshot from Microsoft PowerPoint 2010:

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker Presentations
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Word processor comparison [UPDATED 02/17/13]

Updates

Here is the UPDATED comparison table including SoftMaker Presentations. Please take some time to go through the updated features as some have actually improved!

PS: If you like this comparison, hop over to http://www.academia-nutcrackers.com and check out my book on Word 2007!

Here is the overview table for a quick evaluation of some common/important features:

PARAGRAPH AND FONT FORMATTING

Original Screenshots from Microsoft Word 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree Office

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro+

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker TextMaker

TABLES AND GRAPHICS

Original Screenshots from Microsoft Word 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree Office

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro+

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker TextMaker

LISTS AND TEXT BOX

Original Screenshots from Microsoft Word 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree Office

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro+

Screenshot Kingsoft Office

Screenshot SoftMaker TextMaker
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Spredsheet comparison [Updated 02/18/2013]

A good spreadsheet can be used for hundreds of purposes: Inventory, checklists, schedules, shopping lists, etc. I think that this is one of the most important reasons to have a powerful mobile computing device! Unfortunately, there are still severe shortcomings with the currently available spreadsheet apps.

Updates

Here is the UPDATED overview table including the SoftMaker apps (although there is no "umbrella suite" like in the others). Please take some time to go through the features as some have actually improved!

Here is the overview table for a quick evaluation of some common/important features:

TEXT AND CELL FORMATS

Original Screenshots from Microsoft Excel 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

(It took forever to open the file and to switch tabs)

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree

Screenshot PlanMaker

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro+

Screenshot Kingsoft Office (taken form 2003 .xls file)

TEXT AND CELL FORMATS

Original Screenshots from Microsoft Excel 2010

Screenshot Documents To Go

(note: this is obviously a montage; the charts are NOT shown and need to be viewed one by one)

Screenshot Picsel Smart Office

Screenshot QuickOffice HD Pro

Screenshot Polaris Office

Screenshot ThinkFree

Screenshot OfficeSuite Pro+

Screenshot Kingsoft Office (had to use 2003 [.xls] format since .xlsx kept crashing)

Screenshot PlanMaker
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thunderstruck!:
Thank you for the review. Sounds like all of them need some work. Wish someone would port OpenOffice to Xoom.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] viper8u2:
thanks, looking forward to the rest
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cvela:
anyone use wordperfect anymore? Hold in out for a review for that. :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kcarpenter:
I prefer QuickOffice to Documents to Go if not just because I think it looks better on the large screen, but also the cloud sync for Google Docs, dropBox and other cloud services is phenomenal. I keep 90% of all the docs I use in the cloud so I can use them literally any where.

QuickOffice to me (in daily use) just seemed to keep up with typing and react to the keyboard a bit better.

I never tried PicSel, but some of the reviews I had read said it still needed alot of work on a tab.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sparticuz:
Can you add Google Docs into your review as well?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
I might in the future but for now I wanted to focus on the comparison of commercial applications. :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3devious:
GoogleDocs from the Xoom browser has been an exercise in frustration me today.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlrbjr:
Thanks for doing this. I was going to do the same thing. I bought Doc2Go about 18 months ago for my Droid. I could never really get into using an Office Suite on my phone -- it's just too small. But with the Xoom using an Office Suite is very practical (especially with a bluetooth keyboard -- at least it would be if they would fix the repeating character problem).

So I was waiting for OpenOffice HD to be released and I bought it right away. There were some obvious disappointments, but I've got hope that it will improve.

I stumbed across Picsel Smart Office and noticed that it's only $5.99 at the Amazon App store so I went ahead and bought it. At this point I think it holds the most promise.

I did notice one glaring problem in your word processor and presentation comparison. You state that there are no text formatting option in Picsel Smart Office. That's not true. If you double click on a word it selects and you get a popup (on a tablet or ribbon bar on the bottom of a phone) with the ability to bold, underline, italic, set font (type and size), set foreground and background color and set list (bullet or number). The highlighted word (selection) can be extended with tablet typical markers at each end of the selection and there's even a handle that you can use to grab the selected text and move it (basically it combines cut and paste into a drag operation).

You haven't really talked about cloud integration, but here's my take on that.

QuickOffice HD integrates with:

Google Docs

Dropbox

box

huddle

SugarSync

mobleme

DocumentsToGo integrates with:

Google Docs

desktop

Smart Office integrates with:

Dropbox

Google Docs (claims to be coming in the future)

I also want to add some comments on find/replace. Both DocumentsToGo and QuickOffice support find and replace. Smart Office only seems to support find.

It's frustrating that none of these packages has everything needed. I can see that for now I may need to pick the package to use based on what I'm trying to accomplish.

I'll follow this thread along and throw in my two cents now and then.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Thanks a lot for your input! I was actually expecting that I missed some features and hoped that others will point that out! I will add your cloud information to the table if you don't mind, and correct the font formatting options. I guess I was too frustrated to check everything in detail.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rlrbjr:
No problem ;-)

I'm still exploring too.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shockaholic:
Thanks for all the info! This really will help deciding which one to purchase!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shadomastr:
I own quickoffice for the xoom and have been generally satisfied with it. It seems as though adding headers and footers does not work, but they are recognized when loading a doc made on the computer. Also, double spacing in docs does not seem to work, which is a huge bummer. Another problem I've had is pressing the tab button creates a box on my doc rather than an indent, which bugs the crap out of me. It formats fine for a printer though.

If anyone's found solutions to these few things please share.

And to the OP, thanks for posting this! Wish I had seen this before I made my purchase.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Even4steven:
Thanks for the great info. I have hesitated buying these programs due to lack of information on them, but I will need to pull the trigger on one. Dropbox is my lifeline so that might force my decision.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Just updated!

Check the first post to see screenshots of some PowerPoint features. Hopefully the Word comparison will follow this weekend (4/16-17).
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vegas_Sirk:
What I would do for an official MS Office App ..... but I know Im just dreaming :p
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wobblin30:
I wonder what they would charge, $50 bucks? :eek:
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Yeah, I heard the wake-up call as well... Although, if they are smart they'll realize that Windows7 phones are doomed and invest int he Android platform, just like they released office for Mac OS X. I am curious to see what the Asus Transformer Office suite can do! I'll head over to their subforum and check!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Honestly, I would be willing to pay that for a fully functional Office Suite considering that the PC version costs $200-500!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dubar:
Thank you for the work you're putting into this! Its starting to look like the choice of office app to use is going to depend completely on what type of work you'll be doing. Eagerly awaiting your spreadsheet comparison.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
No problem! I am doing this anyways so that I don't get surprised when I need to actually use it! I might as well share it and save others the troubles. And you are absolutely correct that the best App is dependent on what you want and need (for now; hopefully future releases will have most features in one product).

I have not had time to look into the spreadsheet comparison but it's on my list right after the Word processor!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Word processor comparison (UPDATED 4/15)

Just to bump this thread. I uploaded screenshots for the Word comparison!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lpasq:
OfficeSuitePro? It also is lacking but warrants comparison when tablet ported.

Thanks OP for the work and comparisons. I too would pay whatever the cost to rock MS Office for Android on wishful day.

In the meantime, thank the gods for VPN and remote desktop apps.

I am on both DataViz and QuickOfficeHD and they both need lots of luv to graduate from fail.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Thanks

Hey funnycreature, thanks for your thorough (as usual) and well presented comparison. Frankly, what I'm seeing doesn't look promising and doesn't leave me inclined to buy any of the office suites.

The biggest problem for me is the presentation of the documents, I'm not too botered about being able to edit them on the tablet but sometimes you just need to be able to present something properly, and this is a killer it seems for all these apps.

I'll hold out a while longer, I'd rather pay double or triple the price of these for something that functions more like Microsoft Office.

Who knows, Open(Libre)Office might get some sweet updates to become a more complete office suite.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chbennett:
I wish I had the skill to do so. That would be amazing (and probably not too difficult)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Check out the Excel comparison on the first page

Yep, I finally managed to add the Excel (spreadsheet) comparison. I still owe you the overview table and I hope to do that next weekend.

Again, as with the other two components of the Office Suites it is all very basic and we can only hope to get a better package soon!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidHam:
Do any of the 3 allow you to have multiple documents open, and have tabs or something to switch between the documents?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengineer:
Anyone try Thinkfree Office on the Xoom yet? It came on my phone and isn't bad but I'd rather get something else if it doesn't play nice with the Xoom.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
As I said, I hope I can give an update once I used the apps more. But from what I've seen I don't think it's possible.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tumbes20000:
it would be nice if some guys were able to port a full verion of openoffice to android. We certainly could use a more robust office suite than what we got now and we know microsoft won't port over the one benefit of a windows phone - built in ms office.

Both quickoffice and docs to go have issues and need to be more robust. They also seem slow on updates.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
I'm just an end user and have not the slightest clue about porting applications to a different OS. However, I am good about complaining what's not working for me :D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mskks64:
IK Google docs isn't the greatest right now but mind comparing to the new Google Docs app?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
There is an app? Or do you mean the online google docs? That's the only one I know of. I'd have to look into that and use it as reference.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mskks64:
yeah came out yesterday:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&feature=search_result
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3devious:
It's pretty bad though. I hope they improve it soon.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smokexz:
I prefer QuickOffice, it performed well and the cloud services really are something. Now I wouldn't go as far to say that the these will replace full scale PCs but it is a start, especially considering that the Honeycomb platform is relatively new.

Sent from my Xoom
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Planned updates

All,

I recently acquired the ASUS Transformer which comes with Polaris Office preinstalled. I already took the screenshots and will hopefully add them in the next couple of days. I also plan on adding the overview table for the spreadsheet comparison and modify the existing tables to include a Polaris Office column.

I still haven't had time to look into the Google Docs app though. Maybe in the future :)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
PowerPoint comparison updated to include Polaris Office. Enjoy (and let me know what your experience is)!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dubar:
If you stumble on a program that can insert a picture into a spreadsheet I'd be forever happy. The ONE thing that is stopping me from ditching my laptop for work is that I cant put a friggin logo above a box of numbers
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
I hear you! There are definitely significant short comings in all suites. I tried to insert a graphic in Polaris Spreadsheet last night but it is not available. Sorry!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JF.VA2SS:
very satisfied with Picsel for pdf viewing.... I tried many for viewing Autocad drawing into pdf format saved on my dropbox drive, and Picsel seems to me the more fluid pdf viewer once the file is downloaded.

extremely happy ..... thank for this comparison.... help a lot !!!!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
Did you see that there is an AutoCAD viewer out in the market now? Also a new Adobe Reader. Glad to help!

Sent from my TF101
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JF.VA2SS:
Yhea I know, but I'm not a draftman. They send drawing in PDF to give me less job to see and manage it. I use Repligo to annotate the drawing very easely.

Many different roads to solve problems.... Thank :D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 3devious:
It isn't just a viewer, you can edit CAD drawings, too. My biggest concern is that everything has to be stored or at least transferred online. Should these drawings be of important buildings or some firms contest entry, there could be serious security issues. You might laugh at my paranoia but you would be surprised about how many people carelessly leave sensitive stuff around.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shakuyi:
how can we get the polaris office app on the xoom?
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
I'm sure it is copyrighted and all. But there has been a thread on the Transformer forum that links to the Polaris.apk since someone accidentally deleted it. Try this. I wish it would be available in the market since it has huge potential!
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shakuyi:
copyrighted shmopyrighted lol this is android all we need is the apk and we can try to side load it and then hack it if it doesnt work
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
I said copyrighted not copyprotected :D
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lchingonl:
show mathematical simbols? like integrals or derivates or logs you know things about calculus of university
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
That's a good point! I'll check that out soon! You mean a Microsoft Equation object....
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musashiken:
Documents to Go just released an update that includes Honeycomb compatibility.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] funnycreature:
The HD version has always been "optimized" for tablets. I don't think that a version change from 3.002 to 3.003 has brought much a change. At least from what I've seen there isn't much of a difference.

Sent from my TF101
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] texiandave:
polaris apk

There's a link to the Polaris office apk in post #48.

Will this work on non-rooted xoom? Get the installation popup but did not try to install yet. Worried about creating conflicts that would require either factory reset or root to solve, neither of which is a huge issue but thought I would check if anyone else had installed Polaris office apk yet.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danum:
FC when I try to create or read a doc.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adancau:
You need to push some files to /system/lib and the .apk to /system/app and set their permissions for it to work properly. The two files were floating around the Xoom forum here somewhere, try a search. I can confirm they work fine after the procedure (I was getting forcecloses before too when trying to open/create a new document)
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Any chance you can link those libs please? Search pop up wont work in my xoom browser and google search only returned limbs for the sgs2.

Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adancau:
There you go:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=13992153&postcount=206
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
That worked great thanks. You're a star.
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] musashiken:
Was there a HD version?

Well the point is that it's officially for Honeycomb now. And yeah, besides some UI changes for Honeycomb and Desktop Sync, nothing much else except for bug fixes.