A natural fit
Google has released its Docs for the Android mobile operating system. Users can then edit documents from within the app, save them online and share with phone contacts from within the app itself.
The app also comes with an ability to search for and filter through documents. What's interesting is that the widget can open the app, open starred documents, and take a photo to upload, or instantly open a new document.
The photo feature is quite interesting simply because Google's optical character recognition (OCR) allows users to easily take a photo of the text and easily get it converted into a text document.
The think that struck us first, upon downloading the app, is how quickly and easily it integrated with our web-based Google Docs. It didn't even need a login. But the Google blog post has plenty of comments of a more critical variety.
In his first look, Charles Hamilton, founder and co-owner of CHCS.com Web Development, said he was "impressed with the app so far, with the exception of its OCR capabilities."
The Google Docs app is currently available for free in the English language on Android versions 2.1 and above.
