Google Docs Now Available Offline

Google has announced that it will be enabling offline access to Google Docs. The planned rollout is expected to happen over the next couple of weeks. Powered by Google Gears - which once enabled, provides the user with a local version of their documents and a list of documents and editors. Features are limited offline; users are able to view and edit. Changes are made via a web browser even when offline and saved locally and when back online, documents are sync'd back up with the server. Offline access is only being provided for docs initially, not spreadsheets and presentations.