Online spreadsheets service

EditGrid, the online spreadsheet service, has launched its iPhone Edition at the Office 2.0 Conference today in San Francisco. You’ll now be able to access and use your EditGrid spreadsheets from your mobile phone. One particular feature that stands out for EditGrid’s iPhone optimization is the real-time updates, which lets users get information right away without syncing files. This feature is more useful for those needed the spreadsheets for updates and not for functional number crunching. ***

Google just posted a tour of Google Spreadsheets, their new Excel rival. They’re also inviting users to test the service on a first-come-first-served basis. It looks blissfully simple, and includes live chat, multi-user editing and import/export functionality. In short: an impressive product. This is probably a mixed blessing for the online spreadsheet startups - while no-one wants to compete with Google, this move will likely lead to some acquisitions. Among the contenders: Numbler, JotSpot Tracker, NumSum, ***