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-In May 2009 we released NeoOffice Mobile Preview.+{{bluebox|NeoMobileEOLShutdown}}
-==History==+NeoOffice Mobile was released on 15 September 2009.
-At our NeoOffice event in Milan in June 2008, Patrick and Ed talked about an idea called NeoOffice Mobile. The thought behind NeoOffice Mobile was to provide a way for NeoOffice users to securely publish documents from within NeoOffice and allow only the users that they trust the ability to view the document from any web browser or mobile phone. They got a lot of feedback from discussions at the Milan event and from these discussions they started to form a coherent product design. Unfortunately, they were not able to start implementation of their product design because Patrick has been inundated with all of the ongoing NeoOffice development and support work and neither of them are experts in building large web applications.+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.
-Towards the end of last year Ed was discussing the idea with one of his friends. Tim is a software engineer who has lots of expertise in designing and implementing large web applications. Tim gave him some great advice and seemed interested in the NeoOffice Mobile idea and its potential. Since then, Tim helped Ed implement a working NeoOffice Mobile prototype. +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):
-==Features==+* '''Mobile phone support'''
 +* '''Tight integration with NeoOffice'''
 +* '''Security and high availability'''
-The primary focus of Tim and Ed's work thus far has been to develop a way to securely share NeoOffice files with other users and other computers. The concept is that you can "publish" a document from within NeoOffice. It then gets uploaded 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, document in NeoMobile will be opened directly in NeoOffice.+==Features for NeoOffice donors==
-All published documents in NeoOffice Mobile are private unless you explicitly share them with other users. Also, any documents that you share can be set to be viewable only by the users that you specify. For example, you can limit viewing of some documents to only your colleagues or friends.+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.
-As Tim and Ed were working on NeoOffice Mobile, they focused on three things that they hope NeoOffice users will find useful:+[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.
-* 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.+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].
-* Tight integration with NeoOffice - Tim and Ed wanted to make the task of publishing a document in NeoOffice Mobile as simple as possible. They 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.+==Screen snapshots==
-* Security and high availability - Data security has always been important to Tim and Ed so they made 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 duplicated on multiple machines in different data centers to ensure that if one of our servers goes down, users can still access NeoOffice Mobile.+Screen snapshots of viewing a NeoOffice Mobile document on an iPhone and running NeoOffice Mobile within NeoOffice are shown below:
-==Get NeoOffice Mobile Preview==+<table width="100%">
 +<tr align="center">
 +<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>
 +</tr>
 +</table>
-The Preview release offers the full functionality we have in mind for NeoOffice Mobile. If you have already have NeoOffice 3.0 installed, you can start publishing documents in NeoOffice Mobile by installing the following test patch: +==Mobile phone support==
-*[http://joe.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.0-Patch-2-Test-4-With-NeoMobile-Intel.dmg Intel]+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.
-*[http://joe.neooffice.org/test/NeoOffice-3.0-Patch-2-Test-4-With-NeoMobile-PowerPC.dmg PowerPC]+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:
-The test patch will add in a new NeoOffice Mobile menu in NeoOffice 3.0. If you select the NeoOffice Mobile :: Open NeoOffice Mobile menu, a floating window will appear that will securely connect to one of our NeoOffice Mobile Preview servers. Anyone can create a free NeoOffice Mobile account in this floating window and, once your account is created, start publishing documents.+* 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]
-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.+==Tight integration with NeoOffice==
-==Trinity Forum==+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.
-There is a Trinity Forum topic dedicated to [http://trinity.neooffice.org/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=19 NeoOffice Mobile Testing]. Check there for the most up to date information regarding NeoOffice Mobile Preview.+==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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 +[[Category:NeoOffice Mobile]]
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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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