Google Docs editing on mobile will be possible in few weeks

Google document editing will be possible in Android and the iPad in few weeks time. Finally the demand of users who has been asking for it since Google launched its own mobile OS has come true. Mobile users have been able to view documents hosted by the Chocolate Factory for years, and since many Android users find themselves incredulous that editing isn't possible, the addition will be a welcome one.

"In the next few weeks, co-workers around the world will soon be able to co-edit files simultaneously from an even wider array of devices,"said David Girouard, President of Google's enterprise group, in a post to a company blog.

For corporate users, Google has launched two-factor authentication for mobile users. One of the factors is the mobile device itself, but it's still a step up from securing solely against a password. That feature is available to enterprise users immediately, rolling out to the hoi polloi over the next few months.
Google demonstrated progress in adding collaborative editing of Office documents for Docs users on Windows desktops and laptops, a move that would let companies do without SharePoint, one of Microsoft's top money makers.

Mobile document editing is an enviable consequence of Android's move into the tablet space, and Google's provision for the iPad is unsurprising as the company seeks to make cloud editing standard. Editing of Google Documents on the move makes the cloud platform a lot more attractive, and might transform more of those 30 million users from experimenting early adopters into regular users.