Zoho Apps Go Mobile

by Bill Ives

May 7, 2009 at 3:53 pm · Filed under Web 2.0

We are getting more powerful mobile devices with bigger screens setting the stage for the movement of more desktop apps to mobile devices. Zoho is expanding its mobile support for the iPhone and Windows Mobile to include the Android, BlackBerry, and Symbian mobile platforms. Zoho Mobile applications include Zoho Mail, Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet and work for all these platforms. Zoho offers a comprehensive suite of applications (see Zoho: A Suite of Many Online Apps for Small to Midsize Business).

All of their future mobile initiatives will be available under Zoho Mobile as they expand mobile support for all their upcoming applications. Zoho Mobile is available now, free of charge. Here you can see Zoho apps on an iPhone, an Android, and Windows Mobile.

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Currently, Zoho Mobile lets users view their Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet, and Zoho Show files. Users can also view, compose, and send email via Zoho Mail and access their Zoho Creator applications. Going forward, the company plans to expand both the feature functionality and the portfolio of Zoho applications available in Zoho Mobile. Zoho Mobile is also localized to Japanese. They plan to make this available in additional languages soon.

This is a smart move. I might actually get an iPhone soon and one reason would be to use desktop productivity applications such as these that Zoho offers.

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Bill, Thanks for this post which pointed me to your earlier Zoho apps post review. I’m intrigued by Zoho at multiple levels. First, how did I miss this collection of apps and your earlier review? A colleague just pointed me to the suite as we are using Zoho docs for sharing project work information.

a) The array of Zoho apps was stunning both because it is amazingly rich but also made it hard to know where to begin on the site
b) After using Wikispaces as my default wiki provider I found the Zoho wiki functionality not what I would have expected.

a) I’m really interested in your comment that “I might actually get an iPhone soon” and hope that you will elaborate on why you haven’t so far in a future post and what is tipping you towards adopting

b) I wonder if you have looked at the latest in digital video recorders. I’m shopping and am close to buying the latest Flip Ultra HD but tried the Kodak Zi6 and found simple features like a removable memory card and the ability to take stills interesting.

Jenny I already have a cell phone and am not a heavy user so I am not sure I need another. Getting an iPhone would be for all the other apps so it is a ‘Nice to have” rather than a neccesity. I have a Flip camera and it seems easy to use but have not used it much.

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