There's no way to switch to landscape, so when you're working on a cell you generally see about three columns, five rows and then all of the tools associated with whatever it is you're trying to accomplish. Probably the biggest issue I have with Numbers on the iPhone has to do with the fact that it is "stuck" in portrait mode. Spreadsheet apps tend to have a lot of elements that need to be displayed on a screen, so when it comes to common functions, such as formatting cells or inserting formulas, you'll find that the tiny screen seems cramped for space. I've been using spreadsheets on mobile devices since the Apple Newton MessagePad first came out in 1993, and for the most part, they've all suffered from the same issue. %Gallery-126004% User Interface and Usability I took a quick look at Numbers (US$9.99, universal app) on the iPhone just to see how well (or poorly) the app translated to the smaller screen format, and the results of my inspection are included in this short overview of the app. The recent release of iWork on the iPhone and iPod touch included all three members of the iWork family in a diminutive format - Keynote for presentations, Pages for word processing and page layout and Numbers for creating and updating spreadsheets and charts. Apple has yet to come out with a new version of iWork for the Mac, but it's been hard at work on the iOS edition of the productivity suite.
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