Finally, You Can Create Spreadsheets On Your iPhone

When Apple's App Store was first announced, many of us envisioned a fleet of applications that would turn the iPhone into a mobile computing powerhouse - any functionality that Apple neglected to include would be quickly introduced by third party developers. Unfortunately, the store has largely failed to deliver on that potential, as developers have shied away from full-featured, useful apps in favor of flashy novelties that are cheaper to produce and more profitable. There may be a few diamonds in the rough, but you'd never know it - 75% of the top apps list (which is the first thing most people look at) consists of games. Today sees the launch of an iPhone app that attempts to fulfill the store's original promise by adding a truly useful feature to the iPhone that many have longed for since its introduction: modifiable spreadsheets. The iPhone has allowed users to view Excel and Numbers files since its launch, but until now users have been unable to create or edit them. The aptly named Spreadsheet application is available for $7.99 here , claiming to be the first Excel-like program on the platform. And it delivers, but with one deal-breaking caveat.