MiGhtyDocs- Another Disappointment- At Least For Now
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I often use Google documents as my word processor, especially when I’m working in collaboration with someone else. It’s a great way for us to be able to access the same documents and also to see what revisions have been made over time.
One of the things that would make the iPhone or the iPod touch a far better productivity device would be the ability to have my Google documents resident on my device and editable. This morning I saw a new app- MiGhtyDocs– on the App Store that promised to at least achieve part of us. The developers know to read as follows —
With this application you can view your documents from Google talks on your iPhone. You can have your important documents always in your pocket even when you haven’t an Internet connection. Just open your document once on your iPhone then it is cached. It’s a simple and small application they will improve over time.
Okay, so we don’t have the option to edit documents, at least we now have the option to store global documents on our iPod or iPod touch. It is a step in the right direction.
So I downloaded the application, put my Google account information into it and, as promised, all of my Google documents appeared within a few moments. So far so good. I opened two or three documents and then close them. (Just as the instructions recommend.) I then put my I phoned into flight mode to simulate a being in an area without a data connection. I turned the application back on… and was disappointed.
The first disappointment was that when the application came back on it reported the following error —
Unknown error — 1009
Never a good sign.
I pressed okay and then clicked on the documents that I had (hopefully) cached. After watching the "circle of waiting" for 15 minutes I rebooted my iPhone. I went through the process again and had the same result. I went into the application and cleared the cache. Reboot my iPhone and started over. Same result over and over again. I’ve emailed the developer and hopefully a correction will be found soon. We’ll let you know when that happens.
For now, however, the application isn’t worth downloading. Unfortunate but true.
