iWork goes free?

[daywiz]

In yesterday's keynote Apple announced that iWork suite is free. But does anyone if there is any interface changes to the app? new features, new looks anything at all. It was kind of surprising that they didn't say anything about the changes, except pricing. Does this mean its going to remain untouched from before? Or can we expect some updates post-18th?

 

[Patriot24]

We can thank Microsoft for applying some pressure with the Office suite on Surface. My guess is that the free versions will come as-is and that they are working on something else to be announced down the line.

It seems that iWork and iLife are a bit long in the tooth. It'll be interesting to see where they go from here.

 

[Cougarcat]

Not yet. It looked the same in the keynote. We were told new OS X versions are coming at WWDC, and the new iCloud versions are coming, so I have a feeling the iWork team just hasn't gotten to it yet.

 

[daywiz]

Guess it could take a while then. But if the OS X version is spicing up, don't you think they would at least work on some aspects of the iOS version. I

 

[shandyman]

Apparently iWork is only free to new devices activated after 1st September 2013. Which sucks

 

[jflash07]

Anyone else annoyed?

I find it a bit strange that they would only give iWork apps out free to new devices... wouldn't they want to pull in all devices to help promote the use of their apps? I get that there has to be a cut off point, but I got my phone a few months ago and bought Pages... wouldn't they want me to use Keynote and Numbers versus use Google Drive etc?

Other thoughts?

 

[ErikGrim]

Making iWorks free makes sense from both a value-add perspective for new devices and from the fact that they are simply not updated to be proper iOS7 apps yet (and probably won't be for another year).

 

[scottish]

I find it a bit strange that they would only give iWork apps out free to new devices... wouldn't they want to pull in all devices to help promote the use of their apps? I get that there has to be a cut off point, but I got my phone a few months ago and bought Pages... wouldn't they want me to use Keynote and Numbers versus use Google Drive etc?

Other thoughts?

I agree. When I get my new iPhone will I be able to download the apps to my ipad also? If not, I won't be using them.

 

[g35]

If you get a new iOS device and download the free iWork apps, couldn't you just sync them over to your old iOS devices through iTunes? (as long as you use the same Apple ID)

How would they prevent this?

 

[MacReloaded]

If you get a new iOS device and download the free iWork apps, couldn't you just sync them over to your old iOS devices through iTunes? (as long as you use the same Apple ID)

How would they prevent this?

I don't think they care about this since it's just like on the Mac. Buy a new Mac, register the iLife apps to your Apple ID and then you can download the iLife apps on the Mac App Store on your other Macs.

 

[ziggie216]

As long as you buy a "new" device, you just made Apple smile. They wouldnt care how many of your own device you had installed it on.