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need a true word program with spell check
- Thread starter lilme08
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The ipad2 does it so certainly a Xoom can. I don't want a Ipad since I own a Android phone and have alot of apps I don't wish to re-buy. Heck my old Palm Treo could do it. I hate to buy a Ipad but I might have to since I need a lighter solution than a laptop and don't want a netbook. The newer high end tablets are being marketed as laptop suppliments and without a true word processor they just won't cut it.
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No technical reason maybe (except for a shitty un-tactile on-screen keyboard). But perhaps a marketing reason. Or a price reason.
A supplement is not a replacement, my friend. It is an add-on at most.
But hey, if the iPad does what you want while Android doesn't, go for the iPad!
But maybe you want too much.
Have you tried running your own wordprocessor, on your laptop or desktop, remotely on your Xoom with free Teamviewer yet? Maybe that's all you need.
https://market.android.com/details?...tdmlld2VyLnRlYW12aWV3ZXIubWFya2V0Lm1vYmlsZSJd.
itsallgood
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Have you tried "Documents ToGo" and "QuickOffice Pro"?
chanchan05
The Doctor
-My friends use an iPad, and no they also dont have a MS Word level of word processor capabilities. At least they havent found an app that compared.
- Actually they are not comparable to 4 year old laptops. A 4 year old 1Ghz x86 dual core chip is faster and better than a 1Ghz dual core ARM chips found on tablets.
No reason to get upset because your simply not correct. These tablets are being marketed as laptop replacements and do have fulfledged USB keyboards. For light travel and web surfing I would not use the external keyboard but to type my papers I would. I also stated why I did not buy a I pad.
Okay lets not get crazy with the comparison here. Lets stay on topic. These tablets most certainly could easily handle word processing. The I pad with Word to Go and it's built in pad spell checking program most certainly is a competent full fledged word processing program.
Marketing and reality, as many people have seen, can be quite different.
Sure, tablets are being marketed as potential laptop replacements. Potential. Certain people have found that tablets can function for some things very well and poorly for others.
Did you get in on the full office suites on Amazon's Free App of the Day? They've offered three different office suites this way. I've yet to have a need for them and haven't tried so I can't comment further on that, but I believe Amazon is offering discounts on at least some of them currently. You may look into that further to see if one of them fits your needs.
The other possibility is to just use a text editor at school then fix it later on your laptop. It isn't ideal but it's possible if you'd prefer to take your tablet to school.
Sure, tablets are being marketed as potential laptop replacements. Potential. Certain people have found that tablets can function for some things very well and poorly for others.
Did you get in on the full office suites on Amazon's Free App of the Day? They've offered three different office suites this way. I've yet to have a need for them and haven't tried so I can't comment further on that, but I believe Amazon is offering discounts on at least some of them currently. You may look into that further to see if one of them fits your needs.
The other possibility is to just use a text editor at school then fix it later on your laptop. It isn't ideal but it's possible if you'd prefer to take your tablet to school.
Contacted them, no spell check or grammar check. My old Treo had Documents To Go with spell check and grammar check but not the Android version
chanchan05
The Doctor
I'm not sure how exactly I have strayed off topic? He asked for a full word processing program which to my knowledge also did not exist on an iPad. Even Docs to Go for iOS has features missing compared to Word. The second bit was just to address a misconception.
Anyway, have you tried Polaris? I've heard good reviews but I haven't tried it yet.
chanchan05
The Doctor
Spell check is nice, but grammar check isn't very accurate anyway. The best grammar check is still yourself. Practice and even on PC computers you'd rarely see the green squiggle anyway.
However, if there are none that suits your needs, you could contact the app developers and ask if there are plans to include such features in the next update. If they respond unfavorably, buy an iPad if you really prefer that.
Have you tried Evernote? It's supposed to be a OneNote replacement with programs for both Mac and PC as well as iOS and Android apps, they may have something.
The OP asked for competent Android word processing apps that offer grammar/spell check (none exist), and nothing else. You strayed off topic by claiming iPad productivity apps don't offer MS Word capabilities (which the OP doesn't care about: he simply wants grammar/spell check. iOS productivity suites offer spell check; Android versions don 't, because of the nature of the keyboard.)
Polaris doesn't offer spell check either, and since you say you haven't tried it, it probably wasn't a good idea to suggest it............................
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Thanks!
Thanks!
chanchan05
The Doctor
I was just addressing the point where he brought up that an iPad has more word processing capabilities likelihood to a full word processor, which I simply reiterated it did not.
Furthermore, I was actually replying directly to someone's post, if you did not notice, and my reply was exactly an answer to that post.