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Cortado Workplace - Take the office with you

by Jay O. on Dec 14, 2010 11:51:09 PM — read 2,430 times

TAGS: Android Market, Apps,

Tested version: 1.0.131.1
Latest version: 3.0.678.1
Requires Android: from 1.6

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Summary

Anytime, anywhere—I have everything I need on me at all times. It’s not a bad idea to save data locally when you’re dealing with a single system operation. However, if you’ve got several computers (and you need them all, wherever you are) synchronizing them makes sense. And if you add your Android phone to the equation it takes a real tour de force to keep on top of everything. Saving data to a cloud is an ideal solution for these types of situations; it really makes it possible to have everything with you at all times.


Not only does Cortado Workplace provide with a gigabyte worth of free storage space, it comes with quite a few other useful services that will make you forget your office. Sending documents via Bluetooth or W-Lan to a compatible printer is one of said services—not bad!


Read today’s review and find out if Cortado Workplace can really replace your office.
 

Features & Use

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Test device: HTC Desire
Version: Android 2.2


Saving everything to clouds is not just the in thing to do, it’s also very smart. It brings about the automatic synchronization of all of your devices, and you don’t have to lift a finger. One gigabyte is plenty of space for lots of docs and PDFs.


The app’s special feature is the printing function. It allows you to send documents to a compatible printer using W-Lan or Bluetooth. According to the app’s information there are now about 6000 printers available, which means that it’s quite likely that your mobile or W-Lan home-printer is supported. Your Android phone and your printer have to be within the same network; it worked well when I tested it using an HP W-Lan printer, although you do have to enter the IP address manually. Thus it’s even simpler to print with Bluetooth: connect and print—that’s all there is to it.

Cortado Workplace is a good data manager for your files. The second tab shows you which files are on your SD card. Seeing as the app can perform simple tasks such as copying, deleting, and renaming Cortado could even replace your own data manager. That being said, it isn’t as functional as apps such as ES Data Explorer; basic functions such as a multiple choice of files are missing.


Another negative aspect is the way in which the Settings menu is set up, which is hardly intuitive or functional—it’s just plain wrong. The options Standard Settings leads you to believe that it will let you adjust the program settings, but what actually happens when you hit the button is that the alarm clock setting is set back. The confirmation popup that asks you if “you’re sure” isn’t indicative of the fact that you’re dealing with the alarm clock, either.
What it boils down to is that you have to reset Cortado from the top. And if you think you haven’t been led astray enough yet just wait till you hit Cortado Options—you may think this will lead you to the settings, but you wind up on the Cortado website instead. A disclaimer lets you know that more premium services will soon be available.


Advantages
• 1 Gigabyte free space for docs and files
• Access files from your computer via web interface
• Printing function for W-Lan and Bluetooth printers
• Good support forum for questions or incompatibilities
• Extra services such as fax number or email address can be set up with exchange support


Drawbacks
• Confusing menu


Bottom line:
Cortado Workplace has to measure up to a lot of cloud apps which are currently available for Android. Dropbox seems to be the forerunner, but Cortado provides the great option to print your Docs and PDFs. Printing via Android phone isn’t yet a standard function, and other apps have failed at the attempt. Cortado shows them how it can be down.


Nowadays one gigabyte of free storage space isn’t an excessive amount, but it is perfectly sufficient if what you want is to make sure to always have a few documents on you.


Cortado Workplace wears a lot of hats - data manager, cloud provider, printer, and mailer - and it doesn’t succeed in all areas, but on the whole Cortado is a good service, especially for users who know exactly what it is they need. No wonder the app has so many fans with a business background.
 

Screen & Controls

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Cortado Workplace has quite a lot to offer on the design front. The icons are well thought out and facilitate an intuitive usage. Only the Mail option is not clear from the beginning, and reading the description doesn’t exactly help. A bit of investigation shows that Cortado allows a connection to an exchange server and that this can also be brought to your phone.


The menus are well structured and easy to understand. The first tab tells you what functions that other tabs provide you with.
 

Speed & Stability

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Cortado Workplace’s performance is very good.

Price/Performance Ratio

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Cortado Workplace can be downloaded for free from the App Center or the Android Market.

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Market Comments

Coral, May 17, 2012
Cortendo Great.
Gaufrid, May 5, 2012
Privacy Privacy reads contacts
Jonbot, Apr 25, 2012
Xoom Unable to make a connection on my Xoom. Uninstalled
melissa, Apr 13, 2012
Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 and canon pixma ip100 w/ bluetooth Tried other apps and only one that lets me print using canon pixma ip100 with iogear Bluetooth adapter and samsung galaxy tab 10.1. Prints web pages and easy to install. Go to website and follow instructions. From tablet use share then CORTADO workplace and follow on screen menu. Successful initially but a few days later force closed. Uninstall/reinstall, restart tablet, turn printer off/on, unplug Bluetooth. Did it a few times and was able to print again. Good app and free but loses star because it forced closed. Update 4/13/12 Useless now. Keeps force closing. Won't print web pages anymore. Used print screen then tried to print from gallery using share but print out was not usable. Text really magnified and half the data was lost. Please fix. All these started after the major clean up that CORTADO did recently.
Iggy, Mar 22, 2012
Iggy Force closed on HTC sensation. Useless. Uninstalled.
knt, Feb 5, 2012
Cortado Workplace WOW, this app worked the first time. I am using an Acer a100 and a Kodak ESP 7 on WiFi. Kodaks own app (Kodak Pic Flick) won't work for #$%& oh ya I also had to use my browser to rate this, android market won't let me rate any of my apps.
Mohan, Dec 17, 2011
Application crashes in sony ericsson neo v After launching the App its force closes automatically
Hector, Nov 12, 2011
Good Solution Had problems printing to our big Canon iR 4080 but thanks to the vast list of drivers I was able to find one that worked. Very happy.
JAMES, Nov 7, 2011
Good App. Works nice with my Samung (Galaxy) Captive and my Brother J265 printer so far.Only draw back it does force close a few times.
Andri, Nov 2, 2011
Underrated brilliance! Fantastic. Seriously good program with many features, albeit basic office editing would make it the ultimate app.
Jimmie, Sep 30, 2011
Doesn't have all WiFi printers
Adam, Sep 26, 2011
Not really cloud printing because you still need to connect the phone to the LAN that the printer is on. rubbish.
Chris, Sep 23, 2011
Won't accept registration or print anything even though it found my WiFi printer
Kenneth, Sep 12, 2011
Good... It prints to my wireless printer w/o a problem but the program itself is very unstable and has to be killed and reopened more than I'd like it to be.
bermann, Aug 21, 2011
Very good,work with any printer .
Seth, Jun 26, 2011
Works great with my brother mfc and office xerox workcenter
Jack, Jun 10, 2011
Won't print - Kodak esp 5250 and HTC desire HD
Robert, May 26, 2011
Needs more intergration of other Apps like text.
mayur, Apr 21, 2011
Printer works flawless with Samsung scx 4725fn
Yeti, Apr 19, 2011
Force close Never was able to make it work Uninstalled
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