Yes, true, there's been no deletion of features. However, rather than retiring MobileFiles Pro to the general public for the time being and giving MobileFiles Pro customers free upgrade to Quickoffice once it debuts, they decided simply to convert it to Quicksheet and force them to shell out additional $$$ if they want the full suite.
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Microsoft Still Hoping to Bring Office to iPhone?
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Yes, true, there's been no deletion of features. However, rather than retiring MobileFiles Pro to the general public for the time being and giving MobileFiles Pro customers free upgrade to Quickoffice once it debuts, they decided simply to convert it to Quicksheet and force them to shell out additional $$$ if they want the full suite.
No doubt. That should have been one of the original apps. iPhone 3.0 SDK might have been the hold-up though.
Is it just me...
But do two things not quite fit with this rumour?
1. M$ giving Apple their source code
2. M$ giving 30% revenue to Apple
Anyone else?
But do two things not quite fit with this rumour?
1. M$ giving Apple their source code
2. M$ giving 30% revenue to Apple
Anyone else?
I couldn't think of anything more horrible then having to sit through a power point on the iPhone...
ewww
no thanks.
what would the price be? at least $40 or something?
somebody should just try and port one of the open source suites.
no thanks.
what would the price be? at least $40 or something?
somebody should just try and port one of the open source suites.
#1 certainly doesn't fit with this rumor, since it was never said they were doing that. Where did it say that MS was going to give Apple their source code? That doesn't even make sense.
Don't developers have to submit their source code so Apple can check for nasties? Thought that was a condition for App Store submission?
That's certainly understandable. However, when I bought MobileFiles Pro for $10, I didn't expect (nor did the developer imply) that the app will eventually turn into a full office suite for free.
IMHO adding a major new feature such as a Word editor would justify the separate price. But of course, it'd be great if previous customers could get a discount.
Seriously. I run an office full of Macs, and we all switched to http://www.neooffice.com/ years ago. When will people figure out that their software is bloated, slow, expensive, cumbersome, dated, insecure, and troublesome. Did I mention expensive?
I'm not going back to the days of crashing constantly.
Good riddance M$..... for good.
I'm not going back to the days of crashing constantly.
Good riddance M$..... for good.
Why office apps are fail
Suppose I have an upcoming presentation to deliver with my group. I get an email with the latest copy of the powerpoint which I am supposed to review, add my slides to, and email back. I'll assume my slides are done and saved in another file.
1.) I get the email from my group with the powerpoint attached and I open it with Mobile PP.
2.) I always check the first slide as my name is probably spelled wrong (it commonly is).
3.) It is, so I edit the text box and fix the mistake.
4.) I copy/paste my slides into the presentation, then move them into the correct order within the presentation.
5.) Save the file and email the updated version to the rest of the group.
This is a pretty realistic situation, but it will be a long time coming to the iPhone, if ever. Nearly two years in and there's a paltry spreadsheet editor? A word editor is "coming soon"? Powerpoint - not on the horizon? Even if a mobile office app is eventually released, it will be fairly useless as it can't access documents from other file storage apps, can't download documents from a web server, and can't edit documents received via email.
Suppose I have an upcoming presentation to deliver with my group. I get an email with the latest copy of the powerpoint which I am supposed to review, add my slides to, and email back. I'll assume my slides are done and saved in another file.
1.) I get the email from my group with the powerpoint attached and I open it with Mobile PP.
2.) I always check the first slide as my name is probably spelled wrong (it commonly is).
3.) It is, so I edit the text box and fix the mistake.
4.) I copy/paste my slides into the presentation, then move them into the correct order within the presentation.
5.) Save the file and email the updated version to the rest of the group.
This is a pretty realistic situation, but it will be a long time coming to the iPhone, if ever. Nearly two years in and there's a paltry spreadsheet editor? A word editor is "coming soon"? Powerpoint - not on the horizon? Even if a mobile office app is eventually released, it will be fairly useless as it can't access documents from other file storage apps, can't download documents from a web server, and can't edit documents received via email.
Wow, I can't believe that there are actually negatives for this. Why be a nay sayer to everything? I for one am ecstatic that office is finally coming to the i phone. I guess people will find anything to complain about. These are steps that are being taken, to make our lives more complete. How can you be upset at that? Keep moving Apple. Can't wait for more UMPC's.
WIll not fit
MS Office is so bloated that they will need to do MAJOR surgery to fit it in an iPhone.
Me, I would not buy it even if slim as I do not want to write office documents and power point presentations using a screen as small as the one on the iPhone.
Maybe on a tablet, but not on an iPhone, at least not for me.
MS Office is so bloated that they will need to do MAJOR surgery to fit it in an iPhone.
Me, I would not buy it even if slim as I do not want to write office documents and power point presentations using a screen as small as the one on the iPhone.
Maybe on a tablet, but not on an iPhone, at least not for me.
I'm pretty sure that this is going to be a brand new code base, not a port of the existing desktop Office code. In other words, they're probably going to write a whole new program that has the same look as MS Office, is fully compatible with all MS Office formated documents, and has many (but not nearly all) of the same features.
Because Apple really really really really really wants to sell the iPhone to enterprises and it hasn't done as well there as they hoped it would. On apple.com, "iPhone in Enterprise" is the #2 sales pitch right after 3G capability, and they make a big deal out of the Exchange compatibility. So no matter how much they're ridiculing Microsoft in ads, Apple would still bend over backwards to have Office on the iPhone in some way or other, and probably loosen a few restrictions too.
Working with Excel sheets on a handheld PC was actually very handy and nowhere near as fiddly as you would imagine. It could be good on the iPhone too.
Not sure why everyone's trying to make it out to be all about PowerPoint. Who the hell cares about PowerPoint, it's the one Office application I haven't used one single time since Office was first introduced.
I would, but I haven't used Office:Mac since the Office X days... and any example I gave wouldn't be relevant anymore.
Hopefully it won't come from the Mac BU!
There is still a big gap between Office for Mac and PC, for instance missing macros.
There is still a big gap between Office for Mac and PC, for instance missing macros.
That's certainly understandable. However, when I bought MobileFiles Pro for $10, I didn't expect (nor did the developer imply) that the app will eventually turn into a full office suite for free.
IMHO adding a major new feature such as a Word editor would justify the separate price. But of course, it'd be great if previous customers could get a discount.
At the time I bought MobileFiles Pro, the website said they were working on adding Word editing support so given that MobileFiles Pro was the top of the line app they had, I naturally assumed they would update it when it became available. Of course I didn't know they were going to release a step up version of their "Pro" app or I would have bought MobileFiles 2.0 for much cheaper. The MobileFiles Pro name implies nothing about being a dedicated spreadsheet app in addition to other features.
There's no way for them to give discounts nor offer a special upgrade price for MobileFiles Pro users, as all apps must be bought through the App store, so IMO the reasonable thing for them to do is offer Quicksheet separately from MobileFiles Pro (and discontinue it for new users) and offer an automatic upgrade to Quickoffice to their existing MobileFiles Pro users once it becomes available.
However, there's that 3rd party projector device out there that plugs into the bottom and serves as an ultra portable projector. So, basically, you could carry around the projector and your iPhone (which has PP on it) all in your pocket. That would be awesome.
This is an awesome mock up!
I understand what you are saying about a potential mobile office app not being able to access documents from other file storage apps. I think this is now (since 3.0) the biggest drawback of the iPhone. The iPhone needs a common document/file area that all apps can access (like the Photos app).
MS Office on the iPhone/touch. Sweet!
I would like to be able to use my iPhone/touch to show a PowerPoint presentation via the dock connector. Currently I can do it if I export my PowerPoint presentation to slides. I would much rather be able to have a full featured PowerPoint viewer, and editor.
Realistic scenario.
I would like to be able to use my iPhone/touch to show a PowerPoint presentation via the dock connector. Currently I can do it if I export my PowerPoint presentation to slides. I would much rather be able to have a full featured PowerPoint viewer, and editor.
I think we will see this in the not too distant future.