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...they're getting better all the time. Zoho has spreadsheet, word-processing, presentation and organizing programs, and lets you work both online and off; it even has an iPhone app. Google Docs, which focuses on collaboration, lets you upload and edit existing Word and PowerPoint files, then chat in real time as you work on presentations and reports with colleagues. Because the applications reside on the Web, developers can quickly eliminate bugs and add bells and whistles, like the ability to insert headers, footers and pagination (all of which were recently added to Zoho Writer). The programs still feel simple...
...minor as it is, the iPhone app is a huge deal for Sonos users. The biggest drawback to the Sonos system is it's bloody expensive. A bundle that'll connect two rooms costs $999; the remote control itself, which has an iPod-like screen, costs $399. The new iPhone app, which is supposed to go up on Apple's app store Tuesday, basically obviates the need for the remote. It does everything the remote does...
...some ways, the app is superior to the Sonos remote since the iPhone/iPod Touch screens are so much brighter and the response so fluid. In others, it's worse. Since the app doesn't work in landscape mode, it's too narrow to show you all the relevant information; looking at a list of recommended albums for instance, gives you the name of the albums, but there's no room for the artists who recorded them...
...Still, with the iPhone app and today's software upgrades, Sonos continues to be my favorite music solution...
Compare, for instance, how apps spread on Facebook: When a user installs an application, that action is communicated to his friends via a news feed. That won't happen on LinkedIn. And likewise, if you recommend a book to one of your LinkedIn contacts via the "Reading List by Amazon" application, the contact doesn't need to install the Amazon app to get the recommendation...