QuickOffice Update -- is it worth switching?

[vovka1965]

OK, QuickOffice came out with new updated apps recently, you can find the info on their website, I won't repeat it here.
My fundamental question again is : How does it compare to D2G10?
I did a quick side by side test since I don't have time for full software testing.

I have a 16 MB PPT document, full of embedded images and graphics. Using QuickOffice, you do a conversion depending on your device resolution. Then, a 16MB file turns into 0.5 MB file, which is nice. Renders very quickly on your device.

With D2G, it does not convert anything, just moved the document over to your device. For some reason, after moving it over, it took more than 16 MB in my RAM, more like 25 MB (??) Anyway, after starting it up, D2G takes some time to load the document into memory. However, once it is loaded, the rendering is surprisingly quick, as quick as a 0.5 MB file of QuickOffice, almost. The only problem is that the fonts are not optimized for reading on the small screen, so they look a little worse than those with QuickOffice.

However, with both methods all the graphs, graphics and photos rendered acceptably well..
I do think that QuickOffice is a serious contender now. With this conversion strategy, it almost seeks to replace RepliGo, which, of course, is a dead project for the Palm platform..
So, the question remains: is it preferrable to just leave office documents in their native format, or to "downconvert them" first and save lots of space on device??

[_Em]

I'd suggest throwing Mobile Systems Office into the equation -- it tends to have the best features of both the other Office solutions.

[vovka1965]

I'd suggest throwing Mobile Systems Office into the equation -- it tends to have the best features of both the other Office solutions.
I only have D2G right now installed. So, I was considering an alternative application to D2G.
I don't think Mobile Systems Office has been updated in a year. Therefore, I only considered QuickOffice because they just released a major update within a week or so -- 7.6.4, I believe..

[_Em]

MS Office hasn't been updated because it is rock solid... I'd suggest testing it out :)

[Palmisok]

If I'm right D2G is the only one of those that supports office 2007.

[vovka1965]

I am really confused now. This may not be a new release.. How can I tell? VersionTracker lists it as a new release as of Dec 8, 2007, but the downloaded demo file dates seem to be old..
Aaargh! What we need is a responsible developer that posts changelogs with real dates on their website and that updates the "NEW" sign at some point...