wraggster
October 11th, 2012, 22:46
Microsoft product manager Petr Bobek has said that the company is planning to release native iOS and Android versions of Office 2013 next year.
Speaking at a press event in the Czech Republic, Bobek told Czech site IHNED (http://tech.ihned.cz/c3-57854910-040000_d-microsoft-se-meni-dnes-oficialne-potvrdil-office-2013-i-pro-android-a-ios) that native apps will be made available from March 2013.
A Microsoft press release said: "In addition to Windows, Office will be also available on other operating systems, Windows Phone, Windows RT, Mac OS, Android, iOS and Symbian."
Office for iPad has been a rumour that just hasn't gone away, and the idea of being able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc from other handsets is very attractive.
The release also said that there will also be a new version of Office Web Apps too.
Microsoft later released the following statement: "The information shared by our Czech subsidiary is not accurate. We do not have anything further to share at this time."
Whatever, Microsoft. While some of the Office alternatives on mobile are perfectly acceptable, Mobile Office 2013 (or whatever it winds up being called) is going to be huge.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/microsoft-office-on-ios-and-android/019591
Speaking at a press event in the Czech Republic, Bobek told Czech site IHNED (http://tech.ihned.cz/c3-57854910-040000_d-microsoft-se-meni-dnes-oficialne-potvrdil-office-2013-i-pro-android-a-ios) that native apps will be made available from March 2013.
A Microsoft press release said: "In addition to Windows, Office will be also available on other operating systems, Windows Phone, Windows RT, Mac OS, Android, iOS and Symbian."
Office for iPad has been a rumour that just hasn't gone away, and the idea of being able to use Word, Excel, PowerPoint etc from other handsets is very attractive.
The release also said that there will also be a new version of Office Web Apps too.
Microsoft later released the following statement: "The information shared by our Czech subsidiary is not accurate. We do not have anything further to share at this time."
Whatever, Microsoft. While some of the Office alternatives on mobile are perfectly acceptable, Mobile Office 2013 (or whatever it winds up being called) is going to be huge.
http://www.mobile-ent.biz/news/read/microsoft-office-on-ios-and-android/019591