Google provides good office suite and more: For FREE!
I’ve been hearing quite a bit of hype lately about Google and especially their Google Docs. I had a chance to check it out and I am impressed. This may be old news to some of you tech-savvy youngsters but the secret is just now getting out for everyday folks. Google offers, FOR FREE, the use of a nice word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software, and form builder. But they are not done with those; one of the coolest programs I have found from Google is their calendar. It works like the calendar in Outlook but is web-based and will sync to other calendars (iPhone or Outlook) so you’ll never have to be away from your calendar as long as you have internet access! How cool is that? Their contact manager, in Gmail, (Also Free) is one of the best I’ve ever used. And it imports contacts from just about every imaginable source and provides a very easy way to organize and merge contact info.
I’m not exactly sure why Google is offering these services for free now but I speculate it is to get as many users as possible familiar with their format so when their cell phone and internet communication products are released they will have the bear share of the market (not unlike AOL did back in the early –mid 90’s) I, for one, say bring it on as the items that Google has provided have enhanced my lifestyle. Kudos Google!