For those looking to get more productive on their Symbian-powered Nokia phones, you would be glad to know that Microsoft Office Mobile App is now available for Nokia Belle users. Forget about those 3rd party .doc editors, this is the real thing if you’re dealing with Microsoft Office documents.
Nokia just announced that the Nokia 701, Nokia 700, Nokia 603, Nokia E7, Nokia X7, Nokia C7, Nokia Oro, and Nokia C6-01 will be the first phones to get this full Microsoft Office Mobile app via the Nokia Software Update tool or the Nokia Suite when plugged to the PC. For those who have the Nokia N8, Nokia E6 or Nokia 500, you still have to wait a bit.
The arrival of the Word Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile and Excel Mobile will complement the earlier released OneNote, Lync 2010, Document Connection and PowerPoint Broadcast for Symbian, making such phones really usable for business people on the go.
These apps were created by Microsoft, the functionalities are as close as possible to the Microsoft Office apps on the PC. Documents created and editing using these mobile version will still be compatible when you switch to your PC.
With Word Mobile, you can save or send documents while preserving tables, SmartArt and charts. With PowerPoint mobile, you can edit presentation texts and speaker notes, or use the Outline view to quickly browse through slides. With Excel mobile, you can create charts, or insert formulae and view rich data and charts from anywhere.
The Office Mobile apps will also be available from the Nokia Store in just a few weeks, according to Nokia.