Just download ... really nice little benefit. Screen still too small serious work on the device but for a review and small changes ... really nice ... Thanks 
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Apple Launches iWork for iPhone and iPod Touch
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I don't it's fair to say that just because it's an iPad app the application value is automatically lower than a computer application. What Apple have created is an amazingly powerful set of programs that's capable of pretty much everything that the equivalent desktop suite is capable of. The only difference is that the input is through touch and gesturing. $9.99 is perfectly reasonable to create documents that look even better than the amount of effort you've used to create them.
It's not something that you'd use through choice as an everyday tool, but if you need to do a quick edit to a document, spreadsheet or presentation and the only thing you have on you is your phone then at least it's possible now without having to spend extra money on one of the office apps that was available on the iPhone before this announcement.
My view is they don't cost me anything (I've already bought them for the iPad) so I'll load them on my phone anyway and one day they may prove very useful and dig me out of a hole
Apple iWorks...talk about an oxymoronThey are copying MS yet again, e.g. MS Works
Are you are aware that Apple first released an integrated suite called AppleWorks for the Apple ][ in 1984? Microsoft first released Microsoft Works in 1986 in order to compete with AppleWorks. Who's copying who there, then?
Anyone notice when you press the "+" on Pages for iPhone Document screen it has the iPad popover style?
Hints at iOS 5?
aw i'd love that, the iOS needs a few design tweaks, it got kinda old over the years but its most likely just due to the fact that it used to be a iPad app
Amen! With it being so long since an update, I just refuse to. Give us a whole new package please!
Anyone notice when you press the "+" on Pages for iPhone Document screen it has the iPad popover style?
Hints at iOS 5?
Also, iBooks also has some iPad style popovers, like the brightness control and the typography controls. Just seems to make more sense in some contexts.
For some things it could be a huge advantage.
No you wouldn't run your entire office on such a device but that really isn't the point. Some examples of potential iPhone usage in the field:
No you wouldn't run your entire office on such a device but that really isn't the point. Some examples of potential iPhone usage in the field:
- Time and biling data entry or other time tracking for projects.
- Carrying calibration information or machine data around a plant.
- expense report tracking
It isn't a perfect solution but one that is certainly desirable. No one wants to write a massive spread sheet app on an iPhone, but I don't really think that is the point at all. Instead think of collecting data, filling out forms and other mundane work that a spread sheet is really suitable for. Sometimes a spread sheet is the most economical way to a suitable solution.
Nonsense.
Apple has released hardware and software just prior to WWDC on a number of occasions. This is no big surprise in that regard.
Apple has released hardware and software just prior to WWDC on a number of occasions. This is no big surprise in that regard.
gnnnt... and I just went and bought pages and numbers and I who wasn't supposed to update my iPhone from 4.1........ (and iWork requires 4.2.8!)
I knew Apple was going to fool me to update any day...
I bet the new mobile me/iCloud won't work unless you get iOS 5 too (which at the same time cuts the speed of your iPhone 4 in half, just like iOS4 did to my iPhone 3G)
I knew Apple was going to fool me to update any day...
I bet the new mobile me/iCloud won't work unless you get iOS 5 too (which at the same time cuts the speed of your iPhone 4 in half, just like iOS4 did to my iPhone 3G)
If you have a brian to leverage the app they can be very valuable.
Look at it this way, your position would mean that many developers would never bother to bring an app to the IPad or iOS itself because they don't have the pricing flexibility to cover costs. The fact that the app runs on an iPad has nothing to do with its price. Pricing is based on projected sales, cost to develop and many other factors. There are some very expensive iOS apps out there and some are actually worth their costs based on their utility and the small markets they serve.
Lecture no baseball bat maybe.
Look at it this way, your position would mean that many developers would never bother to bring an app to the IPad or iOS itself because they don't have the pricing flexibility to cover costs. The fact that the app runs on an iPad has nothing to do with its price. Pricing is based on projected sales, cost to develop and many other factors. There are some very expensive iOS apps out there and some are actually worth their costs based on their utility and the small markets they serve.
Indeed, I see this as an accompaniment to the main iPad Pages etc but a stand alone product in it's self, think Apple do also given they're giving away free to those who bought it on the iPad...that's why this was pushed out prior to next week. It's not big enough an announcement to make it into the keynote. The discovery of the + iPad style menu is far more significant. iCloud is looking more and more like the bridge between mobile and home computing, the third pillar in Apple's post pc age...
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Surely you doth protest too much. It may not be for everyone but I find I can create (and or edit), presentations on my phone with great ease.
The only reason I'm not buying it is because I have Office Squared which has a spreadsheet, word processor, and now a presentation app all rolled into one. The best part is it only cost me $6 and it's Dropbox and Google docs compatible.
djrobsd said:
Surely you doth protest too much. It may not be for everyone but I find I can create (and or edit), presentations on my phone with great ease.
The only reason I'm not buying it is because I have Office Squared which has a spreadsheet, word processor, and now a presentation app all rolled into one. The best part is it only cost me $6 and it's Dropbox and Google docs compatible.
I did inventory this year using note pad on my iPod and comma delineated fields, then emailed it to myself, opened in numbers, copy/pasted into my inventory spreadsheet. I imagine this will be easier.
A "real 'tard", lets not insult people.
You have obviously never worked in your life. At least not in any capacity that would require you to communicate with others.
It is not that anybody expects that the devices will be optimal for editing and creation, they obviously aren't. However when away from the office or work station they are very valuable and can save on the need to create ever more documents in other formats already supported on the iOS devices. It means that iOS users can now employ in the field spreadsheets and the like that have minimal changes from those used in the office.
An iPhone is perfectly fine for entering in data in to a time accounting spread sheet for example. Same goes for engineering in the field where you might for example need to recalculate the load on a bus bar, stress on a tie bar or any other engineering uses for a spread sheet.
In any event I don't think you have a grasp of modern life or don't have the capability of handling a job that demands much of you. If you did you would realize that these are simply tools to be used just like any other tool.
Ha ha ha! This is EXACTLY why I am questioning this new update, yet some of the folks are making me feel like I'm the real 'tard, because accessing these programs on the iPhone or iPod is SOOOOO NECESSARY!
You have obviously never worked in your life. At least not in any capacity that would require you to communicate with others.
It is not that anybody expects that the devices will be optimal for editing and creation, they obviously aren't. However when away from the office or work station they are very valuable and can save on the need to create ever more documents in other formats already supported on the iOS devices. It means that iOS users can now employ in the field spreadsheets and the like that have minimal changes from those used in the office.
An iPhone is perfectly fine for entering in data in to a time accounting spread sheet for example. Same goes for engineering in the field where you might for example need to recalculate the load on a bus bar, stress on a tie bar or any other engineering uses for a spread sheet.
In any event I don't think you have a grasp of modern life or don't have the capability of handling a job that demands much of you. If you did you would realize that these are simply tools to be used just like any other tool.
Yep it is just a way to leverage solutions on other platforms on your iPhone.
I really don't see people going crazy with spread sheet writing on an iPhone. However their is great potential in using spread sheets developed else where, when the only thing available to you is an iPhone.
I really don't see people going crazy with spread sheet writing on an iPhone. However their is great potential in using spread sheets developed else where, when the only thing available to you is an iPhone.
It's not about writing them from scratch, it's about modifying ones created elsewhere. No one in their right mind would produce a sizable spreadsheet or Pages doc on their iPhone but you can easily see being able to tweak one on your mobile would be very useful.
Sweet! So my phone now does better presentations than any PC out there! Next semester I will be doing my keynotes on my way to school before class.. Saves me an hour of sleep!
Note the rolling eyes. Twas a joke, I definitely prefer my real computer and dual monitors for that. However, someone did make a good point if you have the iPhone and need to change a couple things, you don't have to hunt around for free wifi somewhere. Not a terrible idea, just not something I would need.
Honestly? Don't take yourself too seriously dear.
There are business people out there that will do things with this that'll wow simple mined folks. Honestly!
