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OK, WHEN will this happen?  I realize this a question for Google, but it is relevant
to the forum topic.  Yes, we can EDIT a spreadsheet.  BUT NOT a document, nor
slideshow, nor...AND we can CREATE nothing!
 
I do not like the notepad apps; yeah, they do in a pinch, but I use Google Docs for
capturing even memos and notes, in addition to full-fledged documents.  I found the
"cloud" thing to be a really rich way of being able to access and manage my documents
from anywhere, only to find "anywhere" did not include my Google G1 (seems the most
natural extension of the "cloud computing" proclamation; otherwise, we are just
surfing).
 
DataViz has released an Android version of their great Documents2Go application.  WHY
should I have to buy this when I am a Google Docs user?  I do not want to sync D2G to
Google Docs or my laptop, I just want it THERE.
 
I love my G1, but this issue is a burr under the proverbial saddle...
 
WHEN WILL IT CHANGE?
 
Mark

When is this going to be implemented?  Can we get an update?

Planning to get a samsung moment and would love to be able to use google docs.

It appears that the developers do not use the product......If they did,
we would have functionality that surpasses all others.  We need Gdocs on Android

It appears that the developers do not use the product......If they did,
we would have functionality that surpasses all others.  We need Gdocs on Android

*** EVERYONE ADD YOUR STARS!!! ***

Stars show Google how much people care about a topic. The more stars there are, the
faster they add Gdocs!!!

Oddly enough I found the same kind of issues with their web browser Google Chrome.  I
experimented with it because I figured that a Google product would handle Google docs
best.  Chrome crashed repeatedly and had almost no customizable features. I finally
accepted the reality that Mozilla Firefox was more stable for Google docs and apps
and that those developers had done a better job of added apps for Google products.
Perhaps some other mobile OS developer will figure out how to make Google docs fully
functional.

I waited for a long time for the Verizon Android release, and I am almost astounded
at the usability and ease with which I was able to migrate older MS data (I was
upgrading from Windows Mobile). I love using this smart phone. However, basic
document creation, editing, and syncing to SOME kind of repository is ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL. Historically, when it came to the "desktop to go" functionality Windows
Mobile thoroughly excelled. Google, catch up! Otherwise Windows Phone will :(

this issue should be merged with Issue 36905871. (don't forget to merge the Votes)

Hey.............Google Android.  What has happened to the courtesy of a reply
to the Gdocs functionality.  When will we see the ability to view popular formats
without having to use the slow or minimal or non-functioning apps that are in market.?

I think this question requires an answer.

Would love a true app to view, edit & save google docs on the Droid. starred

This shouldn't be a web based solution, it needs an app that syncs with Google Docs.
That way I can open docs on the SD card without the network.

A mobile/touch site that works or a app would be nice.

Agreed this need to be a installed application for offline use.

Since Android has Google Gears, it should work offline like it does on a PC with
Google Gears installed.  When offline, one can still edit, via browser, a doc on that
has been synced locally.  The changes are then automatically merged when online
access is restored.

An app for offline access should not be made, unless for some reason the Gears
paradigm is unworkable.

Where do you see Google Gears on the Android?  I have 2.0 and I don't see any Gears.
Nor, is there any listing for Gears in the app market. If it had Gears this thread
wouldn't exist.

Google Gears is built into the Android browser, it's not an App.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=662

Yet, if you visit gears.google.com with the browser (at least on my Droid), you see the
message that "your browser isn't compatible with gears".

Wow really? My Sprint HTC Hero has gears, as does my G1 and Google Ion.

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Android 2.0 seems to be void of Chrome Lite, thus is unable to load Gears.

I'm on my Droid too and gears.Google.com does not work. It says it is not supported on the
browser.

On my G1 when I go to gears.google.com I see "Gears Is Installed".

There's a "Enable Gears" setting in the web browser, perhaps that isn't checked by
default on the Droid?  I do not recall if I had to check it on my G1, perhaps I did.

So, I suppose the real request here is, Google please make Chrome and/or Chrome Lite
a down loadable app in the Android store for us 2.0 users.  That way we can install
Google Gears to have the ability to have offline document access.

Even with Gears we cannot access the document, that's what's addressed with this issue.
The Google Docs web application simply does not run on the Android browser, whether the
doc is stored offline or not.  

(I mean it does not allow one to create or edit a document, I suppose it technically
runs, but in a view-only mode)

I have an app "GDocs" and I *thought* it worked for what's on this bug report.  
Unfortunately, I am without a signal (at work, no signal and other wifi bugs rawr
prevent me from using that).  Anyway, I thought the GDocs app worked.  I had pulled up
docs I had in Google Docs and I thought I had edited them...pretty sure.  That being
said I don't think I've used all formats.  Can someone update that knows specifically
what doesn't work when using the GDocs app?

I tried GDocs... it allows viewing text documents but without any of the styles
(Italics, for example).  BUT if you save modifications using GDocs ALL of the
formatting in the entire document is lost, everything reverts to plain text.

Luckily, google docs has revision tracking so I could easily revert (once I located a
computer).

danstoner: Yikes, good to know that!

** Keep starring this issue everyone! **

Google Droid should definitely have this with Android 2.0 out.

It is said that Android 2.0 is too big to work on G1. Is that correct?

is Google made mistake when create G1 with too small flash on-board?

Anything is possible. http://www.androidcentral.com/android-20-ported-over-t-mobile-g1

Just got my Verizon Droid yesterday and never dreamed it could not support Google Docs
after all the hype. May return it.

Google is dropping Gears in favor of the HTML5 spec (which was influenced by
Gears).  That might explain the lack of support for Gears in Android 2.0.

Regardless -- we need better support for Google Docs in Android!

Glad to see that I'm not the only one. I find this extremely frustrating. This was
one of the main features I wanted to use my smart phone and partly why I went with a
Google Android based phone.

Now I have a great smart phone, but simple documents in Google won't let me edit.

Come on Google....get with it. You're ruining your good name. Don't turn in to
another Microsoft.

Agreed with all here. Google should support it's own document application on Android.
Not doing so is a big drawback of my switch to Android.

Ditto

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Nexus One solve this issue? no one can test?

GDocs has a major bug in that it only syncs that first 100 documents. So this is not
a viable option for editing and syncing docs either. D2GO might be a decent document
viewer/editor, but it doesn't sync with Google Docs.

Google... are your hearing the feedback?? This is a HUGE hole in the feature set of
the Droid. I got my MotoDroid a couple of days ago and have found decent solutions
for music, eBooks, etc., but not syncing for Google Documents. I'm anxiously awaiting
a good solution...

DataVis has been a friend  for years on the Palm. Why Google Docs not supported is a mystery.

IMO.. google is like a 50 legged octopus and NONE of the hands know what the other is
doing and until they fix that, we will continue to see product integration problems
between platforms and products... GET IT TOGETHER GUYS!!

Huge google fan but its things like this that turn people away from their products.  If docs
becomes a nexus one exclusive I'm switching back to microsoft.  

if it become on Nexus, is good, just need to update the phone to 2.1

Google have fairly-recently upgraded docs for HTML5 Mobile Browsers, worthwhile
checking it out on your phones.

i still get a server 505 error when trying to look at google docs on my droid. gdocs
is a barely passable workaround, docs are listed by date with no option for alpha,
which sucks if you have lots of docs

This does seem like a no-brainer.  Why wasn't integration with GDocs built into the
OS?  Why aren't ALL Google products built into the OS? Tasks, Picasa, Books, etc.
Part of the reason I love Google so much is the thoughtfulness they usually put into
their products (along with the simplicity that is a Google trademark).

Hope this one gets worked out soon.  In anticipation of the Android OS I began using
GDocs religiously in early 2009, now I'm sorta stuck.

I would also like to have Google docs as a native part of android os.  When does it come out in beta, or even
alpha?

I bought a Sprint Hero (it even has "With Google" printed on its case) thinking that
editing my cloud-based docs would be a built-in functionality.

The lack of the feature would be bearable if someone from Google would JUST GIVE US AN
UPDATE!!!

The silence is crazy!

As far as I can tell this is standard Google practise. i.e. they give no notification
or advance warning that something is being worked on.
One day you will see it announced on their blog that this functionality has been added
to Android.
You would think it would make perfect sense to have this as part of the android OS.
But then you would think being able to search your google calendar would also be
included ;)

As a user of google docs please add this to the android phones.

sometime within the last couple of days, my droid has been able to view my google
docs without getting the server error. workd well, very fast. about time google!

can you access google docs bia the browser or app? or in the gmail app?

via the browser. go to your igoogle page just like you would on your pc. docs is in
a drop down. once you have chosen it and they are displayed, simply bookmark it.
(note: the bookmark can be saved as a direct shortcut outside the browser if you go
there often)

vieing gdocs on android is possible since Version 1.0.

The problem is that there is no useful option/tool to edit your gdocs on an android
phone.

Being an Android OS and phone, it should be Google everything right through -
including Docs and Chrome

docs should be an online/offline feature, must have for android 2.2, or as an addon,
but surely available.  Most users use Docs to Go...but as cloud computing is raising
and Google Docs are getting better each month, this has become a must in the phone so
everything is in sync, and if no data available, then to be able to do it offline and
synced when data is available (wifi, 3g or PC sync)

I'm using Evernote, which is surprisingly robust and makes me even more disappointed
in Google.

Google will add features as sales drop, watch.

shame, now docs allows storage of any file it would make a great alternative to
personal ftp/sftp storage.

we need GDocs client asap.

I don't undestand why google don'd create a Gdocs app for android..

Unstarring again because people don't realize this is a bug tracker, not your stupid
blog to whine about why google doesn't have it.

@gcormier, you are perfectly right but IMHO you did not need to be that "assertive".
Instead, if a place to "whine about why google doesn't have it" does exist (I believe
they are called "feature requests" and are both positive and legit), could you please
link us to it? I think that herding us nooby users would help keep the bug reporting
system clean more than harassing us.
Thanks, and sorry if I took the liberty of giving advice.

Brotherly,

Daniele

The solution is to simply click the 'star' button on the issue, and not comment on it.

More stars means more attention is requested from android devs.

More comments just annoys everyone, and is counterproductive (unless your comment
includes, say, a patch, which it really can't in this case).

I would be very surprised if Google didn't already have a plan for this in the works.
They probably just don't want to release something which isn't finished yet. Patience
is a virtue, etc, etc.

Please add GDOCS to Android.

@Santiago4777: Read the comment immediately above yours.

Unstarring this thread...

Unstarring this thread...

I know you guys are sick of stupid comments, but please don't unstar! Instead maybe forward
these emails to a folder or label so they don't show in your inbox. Or just forward to trash.
But keep it starred!!

@77 I have it starred, but does it even matter? All of the top starred issues are still
marked as NEW and don't seem to have any activity other than "yes, do this!" and "issue
### has been merged into this issue".

My contribution.

Still waiting on Google Docs yet Buzz gets implemented straight away? Just a
thought... and, yeah, filter these emails if they annoy, I have :D

Ok, I know these constant e-mail are annoying, of all the issues in android I have
starred this one gets the most inane updates. So I am just going to say it here, I don't
think android needs a native google docs app, that is not the way that people would
like to develop, maintaining support for all the various input devices and hardware
platforms. I think it would be much better if Google Docs got offline support using
HTML5 (instead of gears which has been depreciated). This would allow android uses
to have a functioning offline viewer for GDocs. The only thing that needs to be done
then is finding an elegant way to allow the editing on documents on a mobile device,
but in my opinion that can wait, as it is not a very common requirement. Hopefully
with the release of Chrome OS (another reason not to make individual apps) later this
year, all these services will be required to support offline using HTML5 so Android
will see big wins then.

would be helpful if the browser supported upload then we could use html5.

Never mind google docs, important as it may be. It plays second fiddle to not being
able to search your calendar in Android?!! Please look at, comment and star  
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?
id=2518&can=4&colspec=ID%20Type%20Status%20Owner%20Summary%20Stars

Everyone has their own idea of what is more important. For you it's calendar
searching, for me and the others responding in this thread, it's a native app that
works well with Google Docs. Keep your comments in the thread they belong in rather
than cluttering up other threads.

i'm sure most people would want useful features rather than flashy useless stuff like
live wallpapers.

@Comment 72 by daniele.sapino, Feb 01, 2010:
You may wish to look here:
http://market.android.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=113419
or
http://www.android-dls.com/brainstorm/

But don't expect any more attention from the Android team than we get here... i.e.
slim to none!

@Comment 73 by mkelly32, Feb 02, 2010:
>More comments just annoys everyone, and is counterproductive

Annoys? Yes, probably. But please understand that the thousands of collective
comments are due to Android user frustration at Google's seemingly utter disinterest
in the community they created. Just look at all the bugs reported. In the past two
years, tell me which ones have actually been addressed by the Android team. Answer
NONE that I can find!

>I would be very surprised if Google didn't already have a plan for this in
>the works. They probably just don't want to release something which isn't
>finished yet. Patience is a virtue, etc, etc.

OMG! You're kidding right?
Two years and updates 1.5, 1.6. 2.0, 2.1... and in all this time, not a single bug  
addressed in this bug base has been fixed (and rarely does an Android team member
acknowledge our concerns). Perhaps this bug base is really a joke page and the REAL
bug base is somewhere else????

BTW, EVEN at a corporate level, the Android team rarely answer questions or help in
any way. That is one of the reasons why my company dropped all Android development in
favor of iPhone development.

Please, someone, anyone enlighten us!

Please add!  Major drawback from Windows Phone

OMG STOP BUMPING THE POST JUST STAR IT!  my star is removed thanks to you people who
only know how to say "Please add!" "OMG why is it not available?" "I Need this..."
etc.  I encourage everyone that is sick of people posting bump message to remove
their star.  1051 stars as of this posting.

You guys are killing me. I'm unstarring this shit.

Please stop posting in this thread!

Seriously...stop posting!

screw this noise, I'm unstarring.

hey you left some toys behind when your pram wheeled away, its pointless anyway
google don't fix problems they just add new features with more bugs with every new
version.

unstarring this thread too.  Lots of noise, and no action from google.  Disappointed.

This noise IS annoying but don't unstar. Use a filter to archive/delete this messages
instead.

And yes, Google does not communicate with it's users. I've had it with this attitude.
I'm looking for alternatives to all Google related stuff. It's not as if the Internet
hadn't existed before they jumped in. It's not as if the internet won't exist when
they'll be gone.

Edit plz

@ 75,76,77,88,89,90,91,92,94,95, etc.

As it says at the bottom of every email it sends: You may adjust your issue
notification preferences at:
http://code.google.com/hosting/settings

Hardly worth it though, considering how dead simple it is to create an email filter.

@97 - those preferences are global. I don't want to kill updates from all my projects.  Nor
do I wish to create a special filter for every issue I'm tracking.  So when a thread is
overtaken by the illiterate, I simply unstar it. Perhaps someday the masses will learn that
read before reply works pretty well.

Now, what I would like is a drivel filter so I get notified whenever an actual update occurs,
but not when stupid stuff like "add me" and this discussion are posted.  Perhaps we could
auto add tags like this;

<ignorance>  new text here </ignorance>

Users who are in the know could simply remove the tags, while the add me crowd would be
clueless.  The we could write an email filter that works as intended.

I totally agree. Found out too late, after I bought the Samsung Galaxy Spica. The main
reason I got the phone was Google Docs - wanted to be able to work whilst travelling.
Really disappointed; without Google Docs, might as well not have the phone!!!

I too find it odd that I can create a new calender event in my Exchange account, but
still can't create a basic google document on my Droid. C'mon guys!

In the Marketplace you can search for GDocs. It works great on my Droid and
wonderful.

without google docs and blogger editing nexus one is disappointing..
gdocs breaks my docs - links, pictures, italics, etc everything disappears  

I agree. This is a Google OS, it should support Google Docs, even if it was basic
functionality. A way to select and add Google Docs to an email as an attachment on
an Android device would be a huge advantage.

Vote for google docs and tasks.  my smartphone from 10 years ago had proper PDA
integration with not just email and calendar but also notes/memos and task lists

I agree. This is very much needed. Docs and tasks would be great.

I agree. Essential function...

It's kind of odd that a device dubbed the 'Google phone' does not navily support
Google Docs. I'd LOVE to have it as it would make me use Docs even more!

Perhaps the Google Docs developers were busy with other things:

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-google-docs.html

Don't know how this affects Docs on the Android platform.

Google Spreadsheets definitely needed an overhaul. I hope this means better/full
Android integration.

I really need to be able to save documents (changes that I make on my Droid) to my
Google documents.  When I contacted customer support they made suggestions that
didn't help and were only one line, like "fix the time zone settings" but then in
reading this blog I can see that there is no solution at this point.  If someone
knows of one please let me know.  I am only saving simple text files with notes I
take during lecture.

This is a very good suggestion. Google docs will absoutely free phone resources with
compare of traditional  Office Softwares.

You owuld think that Google uses it's own products but this and multiple other things
(tasks, compatible gmail contacts, etc.) show they are not.

I would like to have Google Docs nativelly on Android that works like picasa
integration on 2.1

This is one of those i cant believe still doesn't exist.

I think this should be a separate app (maybe preinstalled).. but not a main android-os feature.

@sander.borsboom (Comment 112),

This doesn't show that Googlers don't use their own products. This only shows that
they spend so much time working, that they're already behind a full computer and have
full access to Docs, with no need to support it via a mobile device.

In the meantime, Googlers probably also have access to 2.2... which gives them the
ability to tether their netbooks and laptops to their phones, giving them Internet
access from anywhere using their computers.

In any case, it's very likely this issue is being worked on or has already been
resolved... but since Googlers use their own products, they generally form the
initial test bed before it's released to outside users. So, they might already have
access internally and it's still in testing.

For instance, Google Drive has been used by Googlers for years, while the rest of the
world is still waiting.

I would love to see this as well.  Really shocking it hasn't already been integrated or
maybe thought of as part of android 2.3?

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Just bookmark...

Http://docs.google.com

Its also probably a selling point for Chrome OS

Google Docs should be supported on Android

Bought a Samsung Galaxy Spica and its a real shame to learn that Google Docs is not supported officially on Android !!

Think Free can do this ;)

I'd just like to add as well as google docs, the app should support Google Apps Docs (for those of us using our own domains on google.)

- Anthony

gdoc in the market can sync word type google doc files to the phone, allow you to edit it and have the edits sync back to your google.docs account.  It works just fine with my google apps google docs.

Rumor has it that you can edit Google Docs using Android 2.2:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=702983

Google Docs should have something for integrating with Google docs that would make people want to jump ship from apple!

I agree and support

You might want to read this post http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/06/google-docs-viewer-on-mobile-browsers.html

Google Docs STILL doesn't have full functionality Android?

What an embaressment.

It is fully functional on Android in browser and was updated just this week to be compatible.  Looks nice!  Close this issue!  

On your phone go to docs.google.com.  Renders perfect as a VIEWER, although I don't think editting is possible.

We need Arabic Support in Android

I don't think Spa...@gmail.com actually tried to use Google Docs mobile.  It's read-only, so the issue has to stay open.

There is a partial workaround, though.  If you enter about:debug as the browser URL, then open options as choose a desktop browser as the user-agent string, you can go to docs.google.com, switch to the desktop view, and edit documents in the new doc interface (with a lot of scrolling and pinch-zooming).  It's not 100%, but a lot of stuff works.  It's a pain to have to do that every time, though, especially the UA switch, since it messes up viewing other web sites.

Google is really really lacking consistency on Android.

I mean: It have browser but does not support Google Bookmarks (Issue 36908045). It have Calendar but calendar doesn't support tasks (Issue 36908891), there are NO reallGoogle Docs support (an application), NO Google Notebook support (Issue 36912046).

But don't make it part of the OS (Issue 36919405), make applications for offline use, sync capable.

If we are ! you will support us immediately   that way you do not care about Arab
Because you are !

At least you can edit a Spreadsheet in Google Docs mobile.  I'm hoping that the addition of a mobile site leads to an editing solution for mobile.

One more vote for complete editability of Google Docs on Android, either by an app or by enabling it on the mobile site for all types of Docs.

Add yet another vote.

Works great as a views, but we need to be able to edit as well.  Hopefully the functinality will be updated shortly.

Come on Google! We've waited almost 2 years! Bring us editable Google Docs to Android.

Hey everyone, I've just received an update to WildArt GDocs App and I can edit Google Text documents and Spreadsheets.

Dear Google geniuses,

This is to notify you of a business critical flaw that occured this week with respect to a Google Document API third party application.

Gdocs by WildArt, Google's officially sanctioned third party solution for Google Document editing on Android devices, was overwriting files with blank documents in Google Docs upon synch/open.

While the vendor was able to fix the problem extremely quickly, it was not before business disruption occured with respect to the apparent loss of Documents on the Android device.

Only when resynching via desktop was I able to go back and retrieve the overwritten versions of documents -- via the desktop version of Google Docs revision history feature.  So fortunately, no documents were actually lost.  However, I still had to go through all of my documents to ensure that nothing else was erased from the latest version synched via Gdocs.  It appears that only Documents that I explicitly opened after synching with the problematic version were effected.

This business incident raises wider issues with respect to

a) general pre-testing and quality control of third party apps and their updates that synchronize with or otherwise update shared files and data of any kind.

b) the longstanding and longsuffering need for a native Google Docs editing solution for the Android device.

In fairness to WildArt, they've posited an otherwise sound editing solution for Google Documents on the device where there's been no recognizable effort to this effect, to date by Google.

In addition, I think it's fair to say that no one wants to disrupt the tremendous creativity and resultant add-on functionality in the third party market with excessive regulation.  But that doesn't preclude the basic testing of apps on all devices and Android versions prior to release of an app update.

Though WildArt did rapidly address the issue at hand, this incident would not have occured if this level of testing and quality control had been in place.

Regardless, I think considering the incredible progress Google has made on other fronts to improve the Android's use as a serious business device, it's not too much to state that now, unequivocably, is the time for an "official" editable and stable version of Google Docs on Android for editing as well as reading.  To get this accomplished in short order, Google should explicitly, rather than implicitedly, adopt Wild Art's Google Docs editing solution and thus work more concertedly with the vendor so as to work through the kinds of problems that occured this week, as well as to incorporate the broader range of desktop Google Docs features.

Thanks for your prompt attention to this urgent matter.

-David Karasek

Please make a cloud replacement for Excel that works on our mobiles

Seriously this isn't standard by now?

I know that gdocs can now be viewed with a google gdocs reader but I still need to edit my documents via my android phone.  I know wildart has a gdocs app that lets you edit your documents but I understand that you have to pull all your documents local to edit them.  I need to edit them in the cloud.

The lack of native Google applications for basic Google services (like Docs, Reader, Tasks) is by far my biggest complaint on Android. Using them with the web browser is tedious and far from enjoyable.

i used the google apps in my iphone and it was great
no google apps of this kind in my new android phone!

We need this!!!

Just bought an android phone, asking if one can edit documents... neither I nor the seller could ever imagine it would not be possible. So, for me that was the selling point for android vs iPhone. But what a point it was!

We need this!!!

Docs, Reader and Tasks all need native support in Android!

Starred.

Please put it into Android. It really makes sense and would take care another missing part of Android.

Palm had it, Nokia has it, iPhone does, Windows Mobile has it, so please take cars of this.

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My dream scenario:  I create a document on the Droid whilst offline in a remote location.  This document is automatically synchronized with my GoogleDocs "cloud" when the Droid reconnects with the internet.  Conversely, if I'm getting ready to head into the field, I download the documents that I plan on viewing/editing while offline.  Yes, it's just a dream, but Google could use this to change their tagline to "Google: Where Dreams Come True".

we want it

I definitely want Google Docs to work offline on the android

so much needed, especially with the advent of tablets...

D'accord

Agree 100%.  I bought an Android phone and became a Google subscriber so that I could have complete integration of Google apps on my phone and desktop.  Please implement this feature.

Need google docs on android!

Perverse of google to create a mobile platform to extend google functions to phones, and then not  implement all of them. Sure they've got the spare cash to employ a couple more coders.

Would love to have it, using things from the cloud just doesn't always work - the data costs when roaming are one issue. But just to be able to edit Google Docs when I am connected seems like a no-brainer to me.

It's coming up on two years since Android was released as a product.  Any progress on this?

This would be quite useful

I'm sooo sorry that I got caught up in the hype of this Droid X in my hand.  I miss my Iphone.  As a on the road business owner I was much more productive.  If AT&T didn't have such crappy phone service I never would have been sucked into buying this toy.

"Google said Monday that the company will soon offer the ability to edit Google Docs documents on Android devices and the Apple iPad."

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369381,00.asp

All they need to do is support the contenteditable tag. Then not only will Docs work but hundreds of thousands of other blog sites / forums / content management systems will too.

Why will they not do this?

I agree.  We need to be able to edit google docs and google spreadsheets from the android phone.  This would probably require an actual client software like calendar and gmail.  It should be standard in the OS.

How soon is soon? I actually put down an iPad in a huff when I discovered I couldn't edit Docs on it. It never crossed my mind that my new Android phone wouldn't be able to do it, until it couldn't. If I can't edit Google Docs on my Evo with its giant brain, controlled by Google, that's just embarrassing. Like Apple not being able to copy and paste.

Yet another vote for Google Docs on Android.

Yes please, I'll take two!

Last comment from Google was 2008, right?

Yet another vote for Google Docs on Android.

I haven't read all comments but I vote for the idea appliccation for Google docs on android. Wish that too for Google tasks and notepad

yes please

I was going to buy an android phone next week (HTC Desire), but now i'm having second thoughts. I could not possibly imagine that Google Docs is not available on Android. And Google not answering this is Beyond Believable.

You have got to be kidding me! Google, I brag and brag about the entire google name to all those that envy the likes of Microsoft and Apple. Google please fix this asap. You are making me look bad!

Google docs is really necessary in Android. Without docs, it is not complete