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-After many months of work, our newest product - NeoOffice Mobile - will be released on 15 September 2009.+{{bluebox|NeoMobileEOLShutdown}}
-{{bluebox|NeoMobileTesting}}+NeoOffice Mobile was released on 15 September 2009.
NeoOffice Mobile provides a way to securely share NeoOffice files with other users and other computers. It works by allowing you to "publish" a document from within NeoOffice to the NeoOffice Mobile server using a secure, encrypted connection. Once documents are published, they can be viewed using secure connections from regular web browsers or web-enabled mobile devices. Also, for NeoOffice users with NeoOffice Mobile installed, previously published documents can be opened directly in NeoOffice. NeoOffice Mobile provides a way to securely share NeoOffice files with other users and other computers. It works by allowing you to "publish" a document from within NeoOffice to the NeoOffice Mobile server using a secure, encrypted connection. Once documents are published, they can be viewed using secure connections from regular web browsers or web-enabled mobile devices. Also, for NeoOffice users with NeoOffice Mobile installed, previously published documents can be opened directly in NeoOffice.
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==Features for NeoOffice donors== ==Features for NeoOffice donors==
-Our plan is to give any NeoOffice user a free NeoOffice Mobile account. Free accounts will be able to upload and view documents but they will be limited to only 10 megabytes of storage and their documents will expire after 48 hours. This will allow users to try out NeoOffice Mobile and use it for temporary storage.+Anyone can create a free NeoOffice Mobile account. Free accounts can upload and view documents but they are limited to only 10 megabytes of storage and their documents expire after 48 hours. This allows users to try out NeoOffice Mobile and use it for temporary storage.
-[http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php NeoOffice donors], in contrast, will be given access to the complete set of features. The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by donations from our users. Since over half of our donations come from a small percentage of our users, we provide the following NeoOffice Mobile extra features as a thank you to our most generous users.+[http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/donate.php NeoOffice donors], in contrast, have access to the complete set of features. The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by donations from our users. Since over half of our donations come from a small percentage of our users, we provide the following NeoOffice Mobile extra features as a thank you to our most generous users.
-Users that have donate US$10 (or €8 or £6 or CA$12 or AU$13) or more within the last year get the following features:+For more information on the features that each type of account has access to, please visit the [http://neomobile.neooffice.org/mobile/price.php NeoOffice Mobile pricing page].
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-* '''Previous version of each document can be viewed''' - With this feature, users will be able to view two versions of each document: the latest uploaded version and the previous version that was uploaded before the latest uploaded version. In essence, this feature preserves a backup copy whenever a user overwrites an existing NeoOffice Mobile document.+
-* '''Recently expired documents are automatically restored''' - With this feature, users with free accounts or users who have not donated recently can restore any documents that have expired within the last few months simply by making a NeoOffice donation of US$10 or more.+
-* '''Document expiration dates are automatically extended based on amount donated<''' - After making any donation of US$10 or more, the expiration date for any restored or new documents will be reset to one month from the donation date. With this feature and the restoring of recently expired documents feature, users with more than US$10 in total donations over the last year or users that periodically donate the minimum amount can ensure that their documents never expire.+
-* '''Significantly higher storage limit''' - Users that have US$10 or more in unused donations can store up to 100 megabytes of documents in their NeoOffice Mobile account.+
==Screen snapshots== ==Screen snapshots==
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-<td>[[Image:iphone_viewing_pdf.jpg||Screen snapshot of viewing a NeoOffice Mobile document on an iPhone]]</td>+<td>[[Image:neooffice_client.jpg|250px|Screen snapshot of NeoOffice Mobile running within NeoOffice]]</td>
 +<td>[[Image:iphone_viewing_pdf.jpg|200px|Screen snapshot of viewing a NeoOffice Mobile document on an iPhone]]</td>
<td>[[Image:iphone_file_list.jpg|200px|Screen snapshot of listing uploaded files on an iPhone]]</td> <td>[[Image:iphone_file_list.jpg|200px|Screen snapshot of listing uploaded files on an iPhone]]</td>
-<td>[[Image:neooffice_client.jpg|250px|Screen snapshot of NeoOffice Mobile running within NeoOffice]]</td> 
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-Because this is a Preview release, please be aware that files will likely be deleted from the NeoOffice Mobile servers every week or so. Also, if a bug fix or feature change requires it, the files may be deleted sooner. So please do not use NeoOffice Mobile as a backup server and save any files that you have published in NeoOffice Mobile on your machine.+==Mobile phone support==
-Special thanks go to Ed and Tim for generously donating hundreds of hours of their time to write the NeoOffice Mobile code. Without their donated time, creating the new features that NeoOffice Mobile provides would not have been possible.+Since the primary function of NeoOffice Mobile is to allow you to share documents with other people, your document is stored in HTML format so that any web browser can display your document even if your web browser is on a mobile phone with a 200 x 200 pixel screen. Since some mobile phones like Apple's iPhone support PDF, your document is also stored in PDF format so that users can view an identical copy of your document if they want to.
-==Mobile phone support==+Native NeoOffice Mobile applications are also available for [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=60524#60524 iOS devices] (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 4 or higher) as well as [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&p=61171#61171 Android devices]. These applications require that you have a NeoOffice Mobile account and only support viewing, not editing, of your published documents. Information and screenshots are also available from the following sites:
-Since the primary function of NeoOffice Mobile is to allow you to share documents with other people, your document is stored in HTML format so that any web browser can display your document even if your web browser is on a mobile phone with a 200 x 200 pixel screen. Since some mobile phones like Apple's iPhone support PDF, your document is also stored in PDF format so that users can view an identical copy of your document if they want to.+* NeoOffice Mobile for iOS on [http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/neooffice-mobile/id382174697 itunes.com]
 +* NeoOffice Mobile for Android on [http://www.appbrain.com/app/neooffice-mobile/org.neooffice.android appbrain.com]
==Tight integration with NeoOffice== ==Tight integration with NeoOffice==
-We wanted to make publishing a document in NeoOffice Mobile as simple as possible so we made NeoOffice Mobile accessible from a floating window within NeoOffice. Once you are logged into your NeoOffice Mobile account, you can publish the current active document directly from the Save button in the NeoOffice Mobile floating window and the NeoOffice Mobile code will upload copies of your document to the NeoOffice Mobile servers in HTML, PDF, and ODF formats.+We wanted to make publishing a document in NeoOffice Mobile as simple as possible so we made NeoOffice Mobile accessible from a floating window within NeoOffice. Once you are logged into your NeoOffice Mobile account, you can publish the current active document directly from the Save button in the NeoOffice Mobile floating window and the NeoOffice Mobile code will upload copies of your document to the NeoOffice Mobile servers in HTML, PDF, ODF, and in most cases, Microsoft Office formats.
==Security and high availability== ==Security and high availability==

Current revision

As announced on 5 September 2013, we permanently shut down NeoOffice Mobile on 31 October 2013. All accounts and documents in NeoOffice Mobile have been permanently deleted and are not recoverable. Because data security and privacy is very important to us and because we have no valid reason to store your documents or accounts now that NeoOffice Mobile is shut down, we physically deleted all NeoOffice Mobile documents and accounts from all of our servers and from Amazon S3 immediately after we shut down NeoOffice Mobile.

NeoOffice Mobile was released on 15 September 2009.

NeoOffice Mobile provides a way to securely share NeoOffice files with other users and other computers. It works by allowing you to "publish" a document from within NeoOffice to the NeoOffice Mobile server using a secure, encrypted connection. Once documents are published, they can be viewed using secure connections from regular web browsers or web-enabled mobile devices. Also, for NeoOffice users with NeoOffice Mobile installed, previously published documents can be opened directly in NeoOffice.

In addition, NeoOffice Mobile was designed with the following three goals in mind that we hope NeoOffice users will find useful (please scroll to the bottom of this page for more details about each of these goals):

  • Mobile phone support
  • Tight integration with NeoOffice
  • Security and high availability

Features for NeoOffice donors

Anyone can create a free NeoOffice Mobile account. Free accounts can upload and view documents but they are limited to only 10 megabytes of storage and their documents expire after 48 hours. This allows users to try out NeoOffice Mobile and use it for temporary storage.

NeoOffice donors, in contrast, have access to the complete set of features. The NeoOffice project is funded entirely by donations from our users. Since over half of our donations come from a small percentage of our users, we provide the following NeoOffice Mobile extra features as a thank you to our most generous users.

For more information on the features that each type of account has access to, please visit the NeoOffice Mobile pricing page.

Screen snapshots

Screen snapshots of viewing a NeoOffice Mobile document on an iPhone and running NeoOffice Mobile within NeoOffice are shown below:

Screen snapshot of NeoOffice Mobile running within NeoOffice Screen snapshot of viewing a NeoOffice Mobile document on an iPhone Screen snapshot of listing uploaded files on an iPhone

Mobile phone support

Since the primary function of NeoOffice Mobile is to allow you to share documents with other people, your document is stored in HTML format so that any web browser can display your document even if your web browser is on a mobile phone with a 200 x 200 pixel screen. Since some mobile phones like Apple's iPhone support PDF, your document is also stored in PDF format so that users can view an identical copy of your document if they want to.

Native NeoOffice Mobile applications are also available for iOS devices (iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch running iOS 4 or higher) as well as Android devices. These applications require that you have a NeoOffice Mobile account and only support viewing, not editing, of your published documents. Information and screenshots are also available from the following sites:

Tight integration with NeoOffice

We wanted to make publishing a document in NeoOffice Mobile as simple as possible so we made NeoOffice Mobile accessible from a floating window within NeoOffice. Once you are logged into your NeoOffice Mobile account, you can publish the current active document directly from the Save button in the NeoOffice Mobile floating window and the NeoOffice Mobile code will upload copies of your document to the NeoOffice Mobile servers in HTML, PDF, ODF, and in most cases, Microsoft Office formats.

Security and high availability

Data security has always been important to us so all network communications use full SSL encryption (SSL encryption is the mechanism used for HTTPS web pages). Also, by default, any documents that users publish in NeoOffice Mobile are not viewable by any other users unless the user explicitly shares the document. Lastly, all NeoOffice Mobile data is encrypted and duplicated on multiple machines in different data centers to ensure that if one of our servers goes down, users can still access NeoOffice Mobile.

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