Hate all you want on MSFT, but this would be outstanding for most people - specifically enterprise users.
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Microsoft Office for iOS and Android Arriving in November?
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I just wish they'd officially announce it already, as I purchased Numbers and have to decide whether to purchase Pages, etc.
Like it or not (and I don't), Office is the engine the corporate world runs on.
For those of us that must operate in a heavy Exchange/Outlook/Office environment with a managed desktop solution provided by MSFT, this is a godsend if true. The last barrier to having an iPad truly replace my laptop.
For those of us that must operate in a heavy Exchange/Outlook/Office environment with a managed desktop solution provided by MSFT, this is a godsend if true. The last barrier to having an iPad truly replace my laptop.
Doesn't it need to be written in Objective-C? How long will it take to convert it from whatever language MS has it now?
While some will require Objective-C, you can use C/C++ libraries in iOS apps. I would assume Office is written in C++.
Which would be perfectly appropriate. I realize other people might prefer a Canon 1D-X but I'm happy with my Pages.
Did I just mix the metaphors?
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Oh the joy when i and many others can stop coming here every day and especially mon/ tues overnights once new Macs come!
Who gives a crap about ipod touch screen bezel
worthless posts. No Mac newsOh the joy when i and many others can stop coming here every day and especially mon/ tues overnights once new Macs come!
Who gives a crap about ipod touch screen bezel
They care about users and market-share. Initial Word and Excel applications came on a 400K floppy disk, unprotected. This means you could copy and give it to all your friends for free. Once everyone and their brother started using them, they slapped on protection and raised the prices.
They then took the Mac GUI and created Windows to enable all their DOS users to start buying similar Office software MS could control instead of Apple controlling it.
It wasn't until Office 6 that the Office Windows and Office Mac files were compatible and could be shared. Before that, I believe Apple was at Office 5.1 and Windows was at Office 2.1. Word 5 came out with a 30 second delay in boot-up time to improve perception of Windows Office 2 which booted much faster. Office 5.1 corrected that condition.
Then why is there a version for OSX? Silly Microsoft.
Regardless. An iOS version of Excel will most likely be watered down. It's tough to code all those features in an iPad. Too limiting.
If you're not an Office 'Power User', you should use Numbers and Pages because they're soooo much easier to use than Office applications.
At the company I work, 95% of the users use less tha 5% of Office features, and need to fight the complex interface for nothing. They don't even use 'Styles' in Word or 'Pivot Tables' in Excel. As a Power User, I have no problem using them because I use a lot of the features. And, because a few of us need and use these features, everyone is stuck with using these apps.
All depends on their strategy. For example, MSFT could leverage Office by bundling it on ARM-W8 tablets, while charging heavily on iOS/Android. Would skew price comparisons (esp. enterprise) heavily to MSFT's advantage.
I am no Gates (and certainly no Ballmer), but that is what i would do. In the end, more or less every tablet license will be paired with a desktop license, and once domination of the segment is (once more) achieved - start selling "office premium" and then keep scaling down on the "office free".
I don't mean to sound snarky, but I don't follow any of your working....
12 million x half x $10 = $60 million
8.4 million x $50 = $420 million.
Also, 1 in 2 iPad owners buying Word is very optimistic IMO.
Edit: right, sorry how could I forget the infamous 30%! I guess its because an MR article hasn't reminded me of it for at least a couple of days.
In my MBA classes, I would outright fail if I used Pages and Numbers. About 70% of my papers are group work, so compatibility with Word and Pages would be shot. Numbers is just outright laughable; half my classes require advanced quantitative analysis, and Excel is a godsend for this. I would love Windows to add a Descriptive Statistics add-on like the PC version so I don't have to use StatsPlus, but it is just so far ahead of Numbers.
I tend to agree that Keynote is better than Power Point, but nobody uses it, it isn't compatible with anything, and actually causes the most formatting issues for me. I can only use it if I make a presentation and save it as a PDF file.
Power Point on iPad would make traveling and work infinitely easier.
I tend to agree that Keynote is better than Power Point, but nobody uses it, it isn't compatible with anything, and actually causes the most formatting issues for me. I can only use it if I make a presentation and save it as a PDF file.
Power Point on iPad would make traveling and work infinitely easier.
Why? Because Windows have a +90% market share and Apple have... 5? In the tablet market, tables are turned. Hence, bigger need to leverage your critical (lets call it VRIN) resources. Strategy 101, really.
(Not mentioning the strategic/political reasons for supporting Apple back in the day).
It would be nice if this came out in September so I wouldn't have to use the garbage that is pages to take notes in class.
I would get a headache as well if I see everything twice. My tip: Get glasses! If that doesn't work: Empty less glasses containing alcoholic beverages.
I would get a headache as well if I see everything twice. My tip: Get glasses! If that doesn't work: Empty less glasses containing alcoholic beverages.
Microsoft has seen a business opportunity here but why has it taken so long? Has to do with the giant share of Apple in the tablet market.
At those prices it better be 100% bug free, iCloud, Dropbox etc compat and screw dictation, it better have mind control
Oh and for the record, that's the pricing for iWork on the computer. On the iPad it's like $9.99 each, no bundle pricing
MS is a software company. They will develop code to flush your toilet if there is money in it.
I'm guessing Bill missed that class when he dropped out of Harvard. Silly Bill.
"Back in the day" being the key phrase. The infusion of cash into Apple by MS also required them to develop Office for mac. That deal died a long time ago. MS doesn't have to provide Office for the mac. It does so today because it's profitable. (Marketing 201)
I think Microsoft need to do this, as people start to replace laptops with iPads, and actually it should benefit Apple as it makes the iPad more useful for corporations. Like it or not, the business world revolves around Word and Excel in particular, and PowerPoint could be a good fit. iWork is all very well but they just don't have corporate market penetration.
I'm sure there will be people who will hate this before it's even released, but more choices is always a good thing. If you hate MS then don't buy it. Simple.
If they do it right it will put a little pressure on Apple to up their game with iWork. Also I really don't think that Microsoft can afford to shun the iOS market. Nearly everyone at my uni who owns a mac has MS Office. If even 2/3 of the people who use office buy it for their iPad that's massive revenue, and it will be an ongoing source of revenue because people generally don't change productivity suites as often as say web browsers.
If they do it right it will put a little pressure on Apple to up their game with iWork. Also I really don't think that Microsoft can afford to shun the iOS market. Nearly everyone at my uni who owns a mac has MS Office. If even 2/3 of the people who use office buy it for their iPad that's massive revenue, and it will be an ongoing source of revenue because people generally don't change productivity suites as often as say web browsers.
I've totally lost faith in Microsoft at this point. The last good thing they made was Excel 2004. There is no way I would get this if I had an iPad.
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I think iPad users are already used to iWork and will not feel the urge to suddenly change their word processing software. Too late, Microsoft!
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I think iPad users are already used to iWork and will not feel the urge to suddenly change their word processing software. Too late, Microsoft!