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Splashtop doesn't have much in the way of storage space for files and media in the current version shipping on Asus Motherboards. That's not to say, it won't in the future! But right now you can't access much unless it's online. I tend to look at this as a case of the glass being half-full given the plethora of online productivity tools on the market today. If you haven't given one a shot yet, whether you're a Splashtop user or not, I highly suggest trying to create you next document in one of the two productivity tools I'm going to review over the next couple days. Today, I'm going to review a couple of the offerings from Zoho.

Zoho Writer

Don't be overwhelmed when you get to the Zoho homepage. They have a myriad of online apps, all of which work fairly well. If Zoho CRM doesn't mean much to you, I might suggest starting out with Zoho Writer. The image pictured below is of a Zoho Writer Template for a resume. As you can see, this online tool does 90% of what Word or OpenOffice does. Importing documents is also very easy. This is important if your document started in another format. I imported a document that was larger than 1MB and Zoho handled it well. There is currently no limit to the amount of storage space you can use for your documents. However, Zoho claims it will institute a 1GB limit once they are out of beta. My only criticism of Zoho Writer is the look and feel of the interface, which feels somewhat disjointed. However, this is a small criticism given the overall utility it provides for free.

Zoho Sheets

In my opinion, Zoho sheets excels in every way (come on, that's a great pun). Whereas, the look and feel of Zoho writer feels a bit disjointed, Zoho sheets is as close to perfect as any online spreadsheet program. I get the distinct feeling that this was developed by a completely different team, led by a UI-focused Product Manager (who wasn't afraid to borrow interface cues from Microsoft). I imported several different spreadsheets into Zoho Sheets, some with multiple tabs and the application handled it perfectly. With over 300 functions, I'm guessing Zoho can handle most of what you might want to do with a spreadsheet. For me, calculating expenses and the occasional revenue model is about all the spreadsheet power I need.

Give Zoho a shot for your next document or spreadsheet. Both of these programs allow for document sharing and collaboration. This makes more sense than emailing documents back and forth wondering if you have the latest version. Tomorrow, I'll review Zoho's biggest competitor - Google Docs!

Thanks, Rick, for the post inspiration!