From: divoch on

"R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
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>>> divoch wrote:
>>
>>> Not sure about ms office / open office format docs, generally I'd be
>>> surprised if they could.
>>
>> These and .pdf documents are sent to me in attachments most frequently,
>> so I had them particularly in mind.
>> divoch
>
> Don't know which phones 3 offers.
>
> Top end Nokia's can read various attachments and do well with PDF's.
>
> OTOH Blackberries (not tried the 9700) only download a single low res page
> image at a time of PDF's and can't display them native. They do have a
> simple viewer / editor for word, excell and powepoint.
3 have somewhat restricted range of phones. They have Nokia E63 and, I
believe, E72 is coming.
divoch

From: Pat100 on

"divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:Y3Hwn.47324$T_2.45873(a)newsfe19.ams2...
>>>
>>> "Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:4bc33a6d$0$15441$bed64819(a)gradwell.net...
>>>> divoch wrote:
>>>
>>>> Not sure about ms office / open office format docs, generally I'd be
>>>> surprised if they could.
>>>
>>> These and .pdf documents are sent to me in attachments most frequently,
>>> so I had them particularly in mind.
>>> divoch
>>
>> Don't know which phones 3 offers.
>>
>> Top end Nokia's can read various attachments and do well with PDF's.
>>
>> OTOH Blackberries (not tried the 9700) only download a single low res
>> page image at a time of PDF's and can't display them native. They do
>> have a simple viewer / editor for word, excell and powepoint.
> 3 have somewhat restricted range of phones. They have Nokia E63 and, I
> believe, E72 is coming.
> divoch
You can buy apps from quickoffice to read most office files and also .pdf



From: divoch on

"Pat100" <fake(a)fake.com> wrote in message
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> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:i7KdnUXZzP3kwlnWnZ2dnUVZ7o-dnZ2d(a)bt.com...
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>>> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:Y3Hwn.47324$T_2.45873(a)newsfe19.ams2...
>>>>
>>>> "Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>> news:4bc33a6d$0$15441$bed64819(a)gradwell.net...
>>>>> divoch wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Not sure about ms office / open office format docs, generally I'd be
>>>>> surprised if they could.
>>>>
>>>> These and .pdf documents are sent to me in attachments most
>>>> frequently, so I had them particularly in mind.
>>>> divoch
>>>
>>> Don't know which phones 3 offers.
>>>
>>> Top end Nokia's can read various attachments and do well with PDF's.
>>>
>>> OTOH Blackberries (not tried the 9700) only download a single low res
>>> page image at a time of PDF's and can't display them native. They do
>>> have a simple viewer / editor for word, excell and powepoint.
>> 3 have somewhat restricted range of phones. They have Nokia E63 and, I
>> believe, E72 is coming.
>> divoch
> You can buy apps from quickoffice to read most office files and also .pdf

So that means Symbian and that means Nokia phones , I believe.

From: Bob Martin on
in 202778 20100415 221701 "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote:
>"Pat100" <fake(a)fake.com> wrote in message
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>> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ViZwn.83766$3T3.76745(a)newsfe28.ams2...
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>>> "R. Mark Clayton" <nospamclayton(a)btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:i7KdnUXZzP3kwlnWnZ2dnUVZ7o-dnZ2d(a)bt.com...
>>>>
>>>> "divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Y3Hwn.47324$T_2.45873(a)newsfe19.ams2...
>>>>>
>>>>> "Denis McMahon" <denis.m.f.mcmahon(a)googlemail.co.uk> wrote in message
>>>>> news:4bc33a6d$0$15441$bed64819(a)gradwell.net...
>>>>>> divoch wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not sure about ms office / open office format docs, generally I'd be
>>>>>> surprised if they could.
>>>>>
>>>>> These and .pdf documents are sent to me in attachments most
>>>>> frequently, so I had them particularly in mind.
>>>>> divoch
>>>>
>>>> Don't know which phones 3 offers.
>>>>
>>>> Top end Nokia's can read various attachments and do well with PDF's.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH Blackberries (not tried the 9700) only download a single low res
>>>> page image at a time of PDF's and can't display them native. They do
>>>> have a simple viewer / editor for word, excell and powepoint.
>>> 3 have somewhat restricted range of phones. They have Nokia E63 and, I
>>> believe, E72 is coming.
>>> divoch
>> You can buy apps from quickoffice to read most office files and also .pdf
>
>So that means Symbian and that means Nokia phones , I believe.

quickoffice runs on android phones as well.
From: R. Mark Clayton on

"divoch" <divoch(a)REMOVETHIShotmail.com> wrote in message
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>SNIP
>>>>
>>>> Top end Nokia's can read various attachments and do well with PDF's.
>>>>
>>>> OTOH Blackberries (not tried the 9700) only download a single low res
>>>> page image at a time of PDF's and can't display them native. They do
>>>> have a simple viewer / editor for word, excell and powepoint.
>>> 3 have somewhat restricted range of phones. They have Nokia E63 and, I
>>> believe, E72 is coming.
>>> divoch
>> You can buy apps from quickoffice to read most office files and also .pdf
>
> So that means Symbian and that means Nokia phones , I believe.

Which (as above) can read PDF's well out of the box.