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Microsoft BU and TellMe Exploring iPhone SDK Options

Rot'nApple said:
My worries exactly! Just omit these five words from this quote and...

""It’s really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone," Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Specialized Devices and Applications Group, told Fortune on Monday."

...so you can soon see a Zune phone version in a candy bar design, color combo possibly silver and black, with a "home button", touchscreen, IE8, MS MarketPlace for downloadable music and third party apps, etc.

I just see that coming down the pike for some reason... :rolleyes:
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If MS ever made an iPhone killer, it'd be like their iPod killer...complete crap that very few people will buy.
 
elcid said:
It's a brand new system in a brand new world. If Microsoft does it better then everyone else then there is nothing really to say regarding them. I agree, the more the merrier.

And having Office on an iPhone would be the end all for other Enterprise phones.
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Yeah, I am also looking forward to any sort of development and possible future Microsoft Office program.

I've been using Office 2008 and really enjoy it (with the exemption of the new '.docx' file format)-it would be awesome to use the "notebook"-view on Office 2008 to take jot down notes on your iPhone and then sync them up to your mac once you get home.

I cannot wait for iPhone (hardware and software) 2.0!
 
walnuts said:
The big question here is will Apple let a company as large as Microsoft slide with the no storage rule- as far as I can tell, any microsoft app (word, excel, ppt docs creation or editing) requires some sort of file system.

This would be huge if it really works out though...
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and hopefully it would force apple to open up the same process for storage, read/write for iwork apps!!
 
Let's Do It!

TellMe it ain't so! Talking instead of typing would be GREAT! :D

Before Office comes to iPhone, Apple needs to implement (here we go again) copy-and-paste! :eek:

Frankly, rather than compose letters, presentations, and spreadsheets with Office on an iPhone, I would be happy with Apple's Quick Look and Remote Desktop. :cool:

(One thing for sure, if MS brings Office to the iPhone, all available storage space will be consumed.)
 
ruckus said:
If MS ever made an iPhone killer, it'd be like their iPod killer...complete crap that very few people will buy.
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Actually, MS sells quite a bit of Zunes. In the minds of the technically unsavvy, they make great gifts. Unfortunately the recipients leave them in a drawer while saving up for an iPod. :p
 
Microsoft needs to spend more time improving Mac Office before they touch the iPhone. Can't imagine what they will do to hurt the iPhone.:(
 
Kwill said:
Actually, MS sells quite a bit of Zunes. In the minds of the technically unsavvy, they make great gifts. Unfortunately the recipients leave them in a drawer while saving up for an iPod. :p
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I just think its great how the Zune was hyped up and going to be the "iPod killer". Its lackluster appeal in the marketplace must have been a kick in the nuts for MS.

I must admit, I thought it would do better. I find the lack of video decoders on the iPods rather annoying.
 
Kwill said:
Actually, MS sells quite a bit of Zunes. In the minds of the technically unsavvy, they make great gifts. Unfortunately the recipients leave them in a drawer while saving up for an iPod. :p
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lol to that Kwill.

To all:

I for one am not worried about MS coming out with an "iPhone killer". Since when are they a threat in desirable consumer electronics devices? Whether they eventually try to create one or not, I think it's good to see them creating apps for iPhone because they'll be useful to a LOT of people.
 
chabig said:
This is standard the Microsoft MO with Apple. Become a developer, get the tools, learn all you can about the system, then release your own copy. That's exactly how Windows was developed in the 80s.
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Rot'nApple said:
My worries exactly! Just omit these five words from this quote and...

""It’s really important for us to understand what we can bring to the iPhone," Tom Gibbons, corporate vice president of Microsoft’s Specialized Devices and Applications Group, told Fortune on Monday."
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Seriously? That was over 20 years ago. The tide has turned. Get over yourselves.

On another note, Office for the iPhone is what many people have been waiting for.

Even my father, who is a die-hard Apple-hater, said he would buy an iPhone if it had MS Office.

-Clive
 
iPhone Bloatware, wonderful.

I rather get a scaled down OpenOffice application.

Or even better .... I rather have iWorks.
 
About Microsoft stealing iphone ideas: I have a windows mobile smart phone.

It can do everything. But it is hard to do anything. Even the most simple tasks are made incredibly difficult. It doesn't make any sense.

I'd say the Windows Mobile phone has more "capabilities" than my iPhone (at least for now). But the iPhone is so intuitive and easy to use.

If microsoft wants wants windows mobile to be relevant, they don't need to examine the sdk/technology, they need to get an iPhone and study the interface.
 
Kwill said:
(One thing for sure, if MS brings Office to the iPhone, all available storage space will be consumed.)
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LOL, hilarious! I hope they step up their game if they do bring out any apps and don't do the bloatware thing.

Seriously, though, this is really cool news. And so the anticipation for upcoming iPhone apps gets cranked up yet another notch. Ah, the suspense, it hurts so good...
 
Why would MS care?

Microsoft can't even look at the iPhone SDK... they can't use it themselves w/o violating terms of use, and they can't hire a contractor to do it either!

This MS BU thing is just a run-around to let them reverse engineer the SDK.
 
Nice! I doubt it'll amount to much, but I'd love to pretend they'll do a mobile office.

Where the heck is the Dataviz Docs to Go announcement. Honestly I thought they'd be DEMOING it back in January (before I knew how delayed this all was). I'm shocked they haven't announced anything yet. Maybe they want to wait until they're sure they can pull it off?
 
Clive At Five said:
Seriously? That was over 20 years ago. The tide has turned. Get over yourselves.

-Clive
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Seriously? The tide has turned?? Has it not been less than 10 years for Apple's eco system of hardware (iPod) + software (iTunes) + digital store (ITMS), all of which were pretty much out there separately thanks to other companies, but how Apple envisoned an eco-system that was user friendly and tied everything together nicely that caused MS to alter it's 'play for sure' stance and created their own eco system with their Zune hardware and The MarketPlace (The Social) digital store, which was what, about 2 years ago?

I'll get over myself and reserve comment for any future "phone" product
that comes out of Redmond (if it comes out, remember the current MS denials) and I'll wait to see what innovations were inspired from the MS campus or what "Apple-like" innovations are applied to any MS phone device they roll out, and we'll see if Apple's past statement on their MWSF banners still hold true - "Redmond, start your photocopiers".

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying MS can't do a phone. It's like if I wanted to build a jet plane, I'm going to need a fuselage, wings, turbine engines, cockpit, and tail assembly, just like Boeing, McDonald-Douglas, Airbus, etc. needs in the construction of their jet planes.

I am saying for a mobile phone, MS can start with a handsize/palmsize unit with numbered buttons to dial out... the next question that has to be asked is... How much innovation will MS create and apply to their phone or how iPhone-esque will it be?
 
hmm. Maybe this will be a way for them to get serious about the MACBU. Anyway since Apple is taking more of a percentage away from Microsoft and Apple has yet to compete with Enterprise/Corporate Apps for large business - here is the way I see the world shaping up over the next few years:

Apple will become the leader for the home, consumer, and small business markets, as well as maintaining their stance in the entertainment industry through their picture and video software.

Microsoft will dissolve away and focus its main energy on third-party add on applications but will mainly focus on Enterprise/large business software which no one else has yet to be able to fully compete in. why do I say this - they already came out with an article that they back Novell (old SUSE) Linux. So stands to point that they will focus on the larger businesses.

Now, don't fully quote me on this - but when I had a discussion with a MACBU person over MACOFFICE 2008, and asked about the removal of VBA for Apple standard macro logic. I was told that they may bring .NET to apple
 
I dont see how people are thinking this is a bad thing. Dont buy it.

If it comes out, then more people will be sold on it. More people sold will mean that the iPhone's market share goes up and developers start considering it a viable platform to make money off of and we have more programs because of that.

I do not see how optional software that would help cement the iPhone as the best could be taken so negatively.

Dont buy it.
 
Anyone who thinks this is a bad idea needs a slap. More apps means more choice and no-one is forcing you to buy them.
 
I am surprised no one has thought of this.

If MS starts offering Office products for the iPhone is Apple going to take a percentage of the sales price or will MS sell it for $0 to spite Apple so they don't make any additional money off of the product. Or will Apple allow a company such as MS to avoid the % of sales issue.

Maybe they can include an iPhone version of the software with all MacOffice products?
 
nostaws said:
About Microsoft stealing iphone ideas: I have a windows mobile smart phone.

It can do everything. But it is hard to do anything. Even the most simple tasks are made incredibly difficult. It doesn't make any sense.

I'd say the Windows Mobile phone has more "capabilities" than my iPhone (at least for now). But the iPhone is so intuitive and easy to use.

If microsoft wants wants windows mobile to be relevant, they don't need to examine the sdk/technology, they need to get an iPhone and study the interface.
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With not being able to afford an iphone and being locked into a contract with Sprint, what you stated is why I upgraded to a PALM Centro. Has all I need right now, got a good deal and is simple to use. I heard many people complain that Smartphones running windows were either difficult or buggy.
 
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