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Microsoft Office for iOS and Android Arriving in November?

macbwizard said:
I hope they don't price it that high. I don't think it's worth more than $9.99 an app. Especially because there are sure to be compatibility issues.
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It could be less. But since Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are $19.99/Ea., my guess is that Office would be a bit more. If MS is smart, they'll price it the same, or what you mentioned; $9.99. It'll fly off the virtual shelves, and they'll make a mint on volume alone.
 
I personally do hope so, if only because whilst iWork is very good at what it does, it is annoying that formatting and tables etc don't always carry over correctly. If you need formatting to work perfectly in a professional environment then Pages isn't perfect. If you just want to write a letter, or maybe make a leaflet, Pages is pretty spot on. Keynote is by and far miles ahead of Powerpoint in my humble opinion, but I would love for the Office suite to come to iOS, even if it isn't as heavyweight as the desktop version (which is likely). I'd prefer Office to have iCloud support to give me syncing goodiness, but I doubt it so I'd settle for SkyDrive :D
 
nefan65 said:
If they're smart, they'll use the same model as iWork for iPad. Individual for say $29.99/Each, or the whole thing for $79.99 [Word, Excel, and PP].
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iWork for iOS is priced at $9.99 each, and there is no bundle pricing. And the Mac versions are now $19.99 each from the Mac App Store.
 
nefan65 said:
It could be less. But since Pages, Keynote, and Numbers are $19.99/Ea., my guess is that Office would be a bit more. If MS is smart, they'll price it the same, or what you mentioned; $9.99. It'll fly off the virtual shelves, and they'll make a mint on volume alone.
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That's on the Mac App Store though, on iOS they're priced at $9.99 each. I reckon it all depends on how much functionality we're talking. If they genuinely get a lot of good features, I reckon I'd pay around the $20 mark.
 
kyjaotkb said:
Excel is IMHO one of the most important breakthrough in human productivity in the last decades. It is a totally amazing piece of software.
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In the enterprise/business world, I agree. However, for basic/home use, Excel is over kill. I gave iWork for my son to use in school back in '07. He's now in High School, and continues to use it, and had done some really nice stuff with it; Numbers included. He used Excel for a bit, not too long ago when I was able to get a copy of Office 2011 from Work. He said Numbers is just easier for him, and is fast.

I think it's a matter of what you're familiar with. Kind of like the Windows vs OS X debate.
 
MattJessop said:
That's on the Mac App Store though, on iOS they're priced at $9.99 each. I reckon it all depends on how much functionality we're talking. If they genuinely get a lot of good features, I reckon I'd pay around the $20 mark.
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Ah...correct. Thanks for clarifying. I still doubt that MS will go below $20/Ea. Could be wrong, and hope I am. I'd jump at those for my iPad if they go $9.99/each.
 
camnchar said:
No thanks I have iWork.
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Well, it's like replying to a news about the new Canon 1D-X with "No thanks my iPhone Camera is perfectly fine"

iWork, despite being well-thought for casual users and OK for light home use, is definitely not playing in the same field as Office.

Well - let's be more specific :

- Office is the worldwide corporate standard
- Keynote is almost on par with Powerpoint (even slightly better at times, I admit it)
- Pages is limited and much less powerful than Word but OK for many light tasks
- Numbers is... frankly, I'd prefer Excel 5 to Numbers 09. Numbers is just a joke compared to Excel. Low power, no VBA, no 3rd-party integration (Essbase, SAP, Magnitude and the myriad of 3rd party plug-ins).
- Outlook & Exchange is top-notch for enterprise use - not sure what cross-platform solution Apple has to offer that compares to Exchange.
- Access is well integrated to Excel and powerful - even though Filemaker is not bad at all a bit less integrated.
 
kyjaotkb said:
Well, it's like replying to a news about the new Canon 1D-X with "No thanks my iPhone Camera is perfectly fine"

iWork, despite being well-thought for casual users and OK for light home use, is definitely not playing in the same field as Office.

Well - let's be more specific :

- Office is the worldwide corporate standard
- Keynote is almost on par with Powerpoint (even slightly better at times, I admit it)
- Pages is limited and much less powerful than Word but OK for many light tasks
- Numbers is... frankly, I'd prefer Excel 5 to Numbers 09. Numbers is just a joke compared to Excel. Low power, no VBA, no 3rd-party integration (Essbase, SAP, Magnitude and the myriad of 3rd party plug-ins).
- Outlook & Exchange is top-notch for enterprise use - not sure what cross-platform solution Apple has to offer that compares to Exchange.
- Access is well integrated to Excel and powerful - even though Filemaker is not bad at all a bit less integrated.
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I don't think the iOS/Android version of Office will include Outlook or Access. My understanding is it's just the big 3; Word, Excel, and PP.
 
kyjaotkb said:
Well, it's like replying to a news about the new Canon 1D-X with "No thanks my iPhone Camera is perfectly fine"

iWork, despite being well-thought for casual users and OK for light home use, is definitely not playing in the same field as Office.

Well - let's be more specific :

- Office is the worldwide corporate standard
- Keynote is almost on par with Powerpoint (even slightly better at times, I admit it)
- Pages is limited and much less powerful than Word but OK for many light tasks
- Numbers is... frankly, I'd prefer Excel 5 to Numbers 09. Numbers is just a joke compared to Excel. Low power, no VBA, no 3rd-party integration (Essbase, SAP, Magnitude and the myriad of 3rd party plug-ins).
- Outlook & Exchange is top-notch for enterprise use - not sure what cross-platform solution Apple has to offer that compares to Exchange.
- Access is well integrated to Excel and powerful - even though Filemaker is not bad at all a bit less integrated.
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Not to mention since Lion; iWork 09 can be crippling slow performance wise (epecially with files with a lot of graphics) and very resource hungry now. A new improved iWork is well over due. Hopefully with Mountain Lion we will see something. :)
 
MS has been hitting OSX/iOS pretty hard on the Skydrive side of things... I think they realize that it's better to play nice with Apple than try to outright compete. There's plenty of money to be made, and I'm betting we'll see iOS Office and a new version of Office for Mac, soon.

There's lots of room in the market for Windows 8 tablets.
 
Functionality required...

For me, the two things that count with Word are the review function and also the ability to insert references... without them (goes for Pages too), the iPad remains a media consumption device, rather than the creative tool I had hoped for...
 
Microsoft stated that the situation would become "clear in the coming weeks"
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So they deny an Office App on iOS but this quote confirms something is coming! I can't see Microsoft wanting to pay Apple their 30% cut of profits so it wouldn't surprise me if they've produced an iOS/Android compatible HTML5 Office Live version. I suspect they'll then charge an annual subscription only payable through their web site like companies such as Amazon have done and use SkyDrive as a storage medium.
 
Excel for Mac

kyjaotkb said:
Well, it's like replying to a news about the new Canon 1D-X with "No thanks my iPhone Camera is perfectly fine"

iWork, despite being well-thought for casual users and OK for light home use, is definitely not playing in the same field as Office.

Well - let's be more specific :

- Office is the worldwide corporate standard
- Keynote is almost on par with Powerpoint (even slightly better at times, I admit it)
- Pages is limited and much less powerful than Word but OK for many light tasks
- Numbers is... frankly, I'd prefer Excel 5 to Numbers 09. Numbers is just a joke compared to Excel. Low power, no VBA, no 3rd-party integration (Essbase, SAP, Magnitude and the myriad of 3rd party plug-ins).
- Outlook & Exchange is top-notch for enterprise use - not sure what cross-platform solution Apple has to offer that compares to Exchange.
- Access is well integrated to Excel and powerful - even though Filemaker is not bad at all a bit less integrated.
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Excel for Mac is so under functioned compared to the Windoze version... could almost be called a different product entirely...
 
StephenAcworth said:
Excel for Mac is so under functioned compared to the Windoze version... could almost be called a different product entirely...
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Very true. I think this happens often; the comparison/argument is between iWork vs Office for Windows, not Office for Mac.

Office for Mac
-Outlook: Resource hog, and buggy [IMO]
-Word: Okay, like the Review options
-Excel: Slow, and not a lot better at common tasks than that of Numbers [IMO].
-PowerPoint: Prefer Keynote; faster, and just better for me.
 
JAT said:
Since they are denying any existence of such work, I doubt a price would be forthcoming.

But...waiting.
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It seems inevitable in the long term for them to release this software for the iPad... but I could be wrong.
 
Just what I need. Something to make my iPad run insanely slow and hog the RAM.

PowerPoint is the worst thing that's ever happened to visual literacy.

Can we just have the ability to add fonts to iPad? That'd be great. Thanks.
 
Monkey-Ware....

The REAL question you must ask yourself AND all of you colleagues is - WHO CARES?
 
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