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Microsoft Brings 'Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers' to iPhone
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That iCloud iWork demonstration at WWDC probably had Microsoft a little nervous. I wonder how long this was ready to go.
Just give me the 'straight' MS Office for iPad App, or even just Word. Some of us are not intertested in this cloud nonsense.
They waited as long as they could. Unless you need this for business there are so many better and cheaper ways to deal with documents in ios. Microsoft is becoming increasingly irrelevant. The fact ios 7 will use bing as Siri's default search shows that Apple has moved on to much more powerful and relevant companies in their war room.
Bingo!!!
This along with the stupid requirements of Xbox One, thanks a lot M$. You totally know how to give your customers what they want.
My advice to everyone that wants Office, continue to hold out. Windows Tablet is a failure, and when the subscriptions fail to come in, M$ will have no choice but to give us regular Office.
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I doubt Office 365 makes much sense for the average consumer. Pages is looking a lot better in comparison
iOS 7 looks a lot like Windows 8.
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Mine does.
What I'm wondering is - is this a web app, or an actual app? I'm not a big fan of HTML apps that try to act like regular apps. The user experience always feels compromised in some way.
Yeah, but how big is Maryland.
Not really meaningful.
When you step into the 300,000 employes running Office give is a call.
Piece of Garbage App
I downloaded and loaded a couple of my MS Word created documents (from Office 2011). Totally screwed up the layout and looked like crap. Open it in Pages and it is surprisingly looks fine. Go figure.
IMO, this app was thrown together and is no better than a basic text editor. No thanks, MS. How about trying harder?
I downloaded and loaded a couple of my MS Word created documents (from Office 2011). Totally screwed up the layout and looked like crap. Open it in Pages and it is surprisingly looks fine. Go figure.
IMO, this app was thrown together and is no better than a basic text editor. No thanks, MS. How about trying harder?
Not when they're getting about $9 per month from users. Best you'd see is a full purchase price of $200 or so.
I've seen other industry giants fall (Kodak, Smith Corona, ...). MS is getting to that inflection point.
And if I don't want to rely on 99$/y subscription because I want to work offline with my dropbox account, what app should I buy? I read some bad reviews for iwork apps on iphone/ipad. Price is not a concern, I want the best that can connect to dropbox and optional (box.net, copy).
I had a suite that was bought by google , cant remember the name but of course it is not developed anymore.
any other alternative?
I had a suite that was bought by google , cant remember the name but of course it is not developed anymore.
any other alternative?
Subscription based software is incredibly unappealing. I don't buy in. I have no desire to pay monthly or yearly for things I may or may not use. I want to buy the tool and that is the end of the payment scheming.
Anything that requires constant internet connection is also a no-go - won't buy. Internet connections are not reliable.
Anything that requires constant internet connection is also a no-go - won't buy. Internet connections are not reliable.
iWork is a stripped down and simple version of Office for normal users which allows them to put something simple together using an iPad.
I'm a designer, so I use InDesign for my resume. But I take meeting notes with Pages, budget family expenses and track my health/exercise with Numbers, and make quick slideshows of family events to send to my extended family with Keynote. My wife uses Numbers on her iPhone to track mileage, and Pages to view and edit her caseload paperwork when she is in the field. I'm not quite sure why more people don't use this software. It's perfect for phones and tablets. Perhaps the leather is a big turn off? I don't much care for itbut it's only a matter of time until that gets ripped out for good!
Also kind of funny how they look like the Windows 8 buttons. What does that tell you about iOS7
Really...iPhone?
Editing Office documents on an iPhone is an epic fail IMHO. I mean being able to view them is one thing but trying to force users to edit them on a small screen is like trying to merge the Laptop into a Tablet... wait a minute. People don't even use iPhones with a bluetooth keyboard they way the would with an iPad. Why they didn't make this for iPad first is beyond me.
Is there ANY leadership at Microsoft or has it become a million monkeys in front of a million screens?
Editing Office documents on an iPhone is an epic fail IMHO. I mean being able to view them is one thing but trying to force users to edit them on a small screen is like trying to merge the Laptop into a Tablet... wait a minute. People don't even use iPhones with a bluetooth keyboard they way the would with an iPad. Why they didn't make this for iPad first is beyond me.
Is there ANY leadership at Microsoft or has it become a million monkeys in front of a million screens?