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Microsoft Office for iPad and Android Phones

posted by GungnirSniper on Friday March 28 2014, @11:39AM   Printer-friendly
from the diversify-your-portfolio dept.

elgrantrolo writes:

With the iPad likely to be a top selling PC these days, this distinction in the computing world is likely to become less important, even more now that Microsoft announced the release of MS Office apps for Android phones and for the iPad. Some strings are attached to the Office365 SaaS, but overall, it looks like a significant step for Microsoft to be less reliant on the Windows OS.

 
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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Teckla on Friday March 28 2014, @04:06PM

    by Teckla (3812) on Friday March 28 2014, @04:06PM (#22668)

    Why pay for content creation software on a device that is meant for content consumption? Trying to write a report or some sort of documentation on a touchscreen makes about as much sense as wearing boxing gloves and trying to do calligraphy.

    I've seen plenty of people with iPads and Bluetooth keyboards. Perhaps that makes them acceptable for some kinds of content creation.

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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Saturday March 29 2014, @07:59AM

    by isostatic (365) on Saturday March 29 2014, @07:59AM (#22869)

    Quite, most people would be happy with the functionality of ms works from 20 years ago. Writing a quick document with a smattering of formatting on a tablet with a raptor style keyboard is fine for them.

    Personally I have an ipadd (work supplied) and one of the things I have is a Visio document reader on it. When I go to a meeting I take it along rather than my laptop. It's lighter, the battery lasts, and I don't lose my ssh connections, but I can access all sorts of documents when a discussion happens.

    Most of our documentation is stored on a wiki, so we rarely use office. There's the occasional spreadsheet that is barely more complex than a csv, so I don't see the need for office, but I'm sure other people need access to read office docs.

    Right tool for the right job.