Microsoft reportedly prepping Office for iPad to release

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/officeios.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/15/microsoft-office-for-ipad-coming-soon/)While Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/14/microsoft-office-mobile-for-iphone-hands-on/) released last summer and we've yet to see software release for Apple tablets (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/05/nyt-office-for-ipad-is-still-on/). Not only is the slate-focused productivity suite alive and well, it's apparently going to launch before July. ZDNet reports (http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-on-ipad-its-alive-and-coming-sooner-than-most-think-7000026372/) that development of Office for iPad (codenamed Miramar) could allow for its debut ahead of the touch-friendly Windows 8 version. This means that the previously reported fall 2014 timeline has been accelerated, and Microsoft may release theiPad version (http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/10/office-for-ipad-referenced-on-microsoft-sites/) as soon as it's ready -- rather than keeping it under wraps until Q3. As Mary Jo Foley notes, the iOS package will likely require an Office 365 subscription (http://www.engadget.com/2013/01/29/microsoft-office-365-home-premium-review/) and tap into OneDrive (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/27/microsoft-changes-skydrive-name-to-onedrive/) as its main storage repository. For now, we'll just have to wait and see -- but that wait could be shorter than initially expected.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/15/microsoft-office-for-ipad-coming-soon/