Can I download files from the internet?

[waloshin]

Can I download files from the internet for viewing on an iPhone such as:

- PDF files

- Word, excel, power point

 

[mrsir2009]

Can I download files from the internet for viewing on an iPhone such as:

- PDF files

- Word, excel, power point

I'm pretty sure you can download PDFs, but there's no way your going to be viewing MS Office files on your iPhone

 

[Intell]

Yes, as long as there is an app on your iPhone that can open the file. A good app that can download and save almost any kind of file is DropBox.

 

[waloshin]

I'm pretty sure you can download PDFs, but there's no way your going to be viewing MS Office files on your iPhone

Why not?

 

[gtmac]

Readledocs is awesome for this.

 

[verwon]

Why not?

Because it doesn't work!

 

[Vundu]

I'm pretty sure you can download PDFs, but there's no way your going to be viewing MS Office files on your iPhone

You can view them just fine. Try emailing one to yourself and open it on your iPhone.

 

[Stealthipad]

I'm pretty sure you can download PDFs, but there's no way your going to be viewing MS Office files on your iPhone

I and my field people use Drop Box and you can without a doubt view Word and Excel Documents. We do it all the time.

The the OP, take a look at www.dropbox.com and see the iPhone App. It really works good and we have been using it for a while now. This way all of my people have access to all of our customer bids and contracts in the field.

 

[FSMBP]

Can I download files from the internet for viewing on an iPhone such as:

- PDF files

- Word, excel, power point

Your 1st stop should have been Apple's site...it's best to go to the official site for info:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

There it lists exactly what you can open natively. And yes, all those files you listed can be viewed.

 

[blue43fan]

You can view and download those types of files just fine. Safari can view them natively, but you have the option to open them in any app that will support them, such as Pages, Keynote, Numbers, or Dropbox if you want to save them to your device.

 

[dangerfish]

Because it doesn't work!

I open Word doc pretty much every day on my iPhone. Works just fine.

 

[jman240]

Try Quick Office. Works good and is 1/3 the price of getting all of apples office suite.

Also, if you want to download files for offline viewing then just open them then use the "open with" option and send it to an app. It will save a copy to the app you chose to open with.

 

[waloshin]

Your 1st stop should have been Apple's site...it's best to go to the official site for info:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

There it lists exactly what you can open natively. And yes, all those files you listed can be viewed.

That lists what can be opened through mail attachments not the browser.