DocumentsToGo from DataViz was only available for the iPhone version when the iPad was launched. In my earlier review I showed you  how it still was a powerful application on the iPad using the 2 times rendering. But now with version 3.3 DocumentsToGo premium is “the” powerful app on the iPad and worth paying for it.

If you are already a DocumentsToGo Premium owner of the app for the iPhone this will be a free upgrade.

First of all, I just want to let you know because of the different OS (or iOS 3.1.3) on the iPhone compared to the iPad (iOS 3.2)  their is one major difference in the set up. To see e-mail attachments in your DocumentsToGo on the iPhone you need to set up these accounts in your iPhone app. For the iPad you don’t need to do this. The built-in Apple email app can now pass files to third party apps like DocumnetsToGo. All you need to do is have your email account set up within the built-in app and when you receive a Word attachment you can view it on the iPad and even open it within DocumentsToGo. With this great new feature it will support all types of e-mail accounts and not just Exchange and Gmail.

However I do miss the feature on the iPad to actually see all my email attachments in one list within DocumentsToGo. This of course is still the case on the iPhone.

Let me sum up the functionalities and in the video below I will show you most of these.

• Create new Word, Excel, PowerPoint messages on the go.(format in either MS Office 97-2004,X, XP or MS Office 2007-2008)
• Edit documents on the go.
• Sync documents with multiple desktop and many cloud services
• Store documents to local iPad, Desktop Sync Folder
• Send an e-mail with documents as an attachment.
• Cloud service documents listed in all and download-able upon request, remove as well (ideal for offline functionality)
• Many formatting functions available like the toolbars in office desktop applications like Save (as), mail to, B, I, U, Font Color, Font Size, Highlight colors, alignments, bullets, redo , undo, etc……….And same for Excel.
• Create Powerpoint presentations on the Go
• Cloud service support for; Google Docs, Box.net, Dropbox, iDisk, Public iDisk and Sugar Sync
• iPad all email attachments support within the iPad mail app. iPhone e-mail support for Exchange and Gmail accounts through set up in DocumentsToGo app.
• Move and copy documents easy between different services.
• and more that I haven’t found yet.

The image below is of the home screen. Click on the image for a larger view.

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The following image is of the settings page which includes already set up sync partnerships.

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The following cloud sync services are availalble. You can have multiple of each kind.

The image below demonstrates the list view of a service with the offline available documents on your iPad. When removing documents that are stored on your iPad you will only remove them from your iPad. You have to go through your desktop to remove the document permanently from your services.

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The following new documents can be created in DocumentsToGo.

PowerPoint has three possible templates to start creating a new PowerPoint within DocumentsToGo.

Conclusion

If you have an iPad and you want to be more productive, but feel like you still need to bring a laptop with you, then DocumentsToGo will be the app on your iPad that will allow you to leave the laptop behind more likely and hit the road with only the iPad.

I haven’t installed and used  the iWorks applications and I am not able to compare this with DocumentsToGo. But as a PC user I am now very mobile using my iPad to access all my documents online and offline.

The DocumentsToGo Premium app is available at the iTunes Store for $14.99. (every penny worth it for me)