Google has started rolling out mobile document editing capabilities to Google Docs, following through on a promise made at their “Google Atmosphere” conference in September. Mobile Safari browsers on any device running iOS version 3.0 or newer will be able to not only open and view, but also edit their Google docs. Only Android devices running 2.2 Froyo OS will be able to use the document editor feature.

As per Andrew Grieve, a software Engineer at Google:

• You can work on that important memo…while on the bus or train to work.
• If you’re behind on a group proposal, but really want to make it to the ball game tonight, your whole team can work on it from the bleacher seats.
• You can take minute-by-minute notes at a concert so you’ll always remember the setlist. And your friends can jealously follow in real-time at home.
• …and the list goes on!

The feature is not yet available for everyone, but Google says they will be activating it in users’ accounts “over the next few days.” Once your account has been updated, you navigate to docs.google.com and sign in. You can edit any document created with the new version of Google Docs that was released in April. Older documents will not be editable, even if you opened and edited them with the newer version.

With a newer-format document open, activated users will be able to tap the “Edit” button to make changes. Editing features include the ability to make inline changes to text, the ability to edit tables, and spellchecking as you type. iPhone users will not get the ability to use speech recognition to input text: this is a Froyo feature only.

The documents editor will be available to English-language users around the world over the course of the next few days. As per Google’s official blog they’ll “be adding support for other languages soon.”

Google Docs Editing Feature [Video Demo]:

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[Source: Google Mobile Blog]

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