Comments on: Office for iPad denied by Microsoft http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Louis Thrift http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186375 Louis Thrift Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186375 It will cost you data (it would be like constantly streaming a youtube video) which would also kill your battery much quicker, a native app won’t have such drawbacks.

Keeping Office to itself is certainly a smart business decision, it will only come to iPad if Windows 8 either dominates the tablet market OR if it completely flops. Anything inbetween would ensure Office stays exclusive.

]]> By: Louis Thrift http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186376 Louis Thrift Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:32:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186376 It will cost you data (it would be like constantly streaming a youtube video) which would also kill your battery much quicker, a native app won’t have such drawbacks.

Keeping Office to itself is certainly a smart business decision, it will only come to iPad if Windows 8 either dominates the tablet market OR if it completely flops. Anything inbetween would ensure Office stays exclusive.

]]> By: Fred_EM http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186307 Fred_EM Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:51:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186307 Office on iPad would be a financial disaster for Microsoft.

They could not sell it for the price of a desktop version, they would need to go with a way lower price point.
I would buy Office for the iPad, but only if the price is attractive.
If not, no worries – there will be alternatives, maybe even a free one like LibreOffice.

If Microsoft does not introduce Office for iOS they might accelerate the migration from Windows to the Apple universe. They would be ill advised if they do not release office for iOS, it would hurt them in the medium term because people would start not to care about it so much any more.

I would like to a see a completely revamped Office suite, but not from Microsoft.
They are too confined to their way of thinking.

The functionality an office package offers should be completely re-thought and implemented in much much better way, in a much more “human” user friendly way.

MS office is a bad piece of software, it has been ever since, we are just used to it.

]]> By: Aamir Syed http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186306 Aamir Syed Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:47:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186306 i really do hope an office app comes soon. i think even with a $9.99 to $19.99 price tag, people will pay for it. 

]]> By: Fred_EM http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186305 Fred_EM Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:39:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186305 I find Google docs cumbersome. It’s very limited, only good for some basic tasks. 

]]> By: Alienbaby http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186301 Alienbaby Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186301 I am perfectly fine with this.  LibreOffice is rapidly evolving and eventually LibreOffice will release Android and iOS versions.   And then we’ll see how long Microsoft Office continues to be such a big source of profit.

]]> By: Alienbaby http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186302 Alienbaby Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:22:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186302 I am perfectly fine with this.  LibreOffice is rapidly evolving and eventually LibreOffice will release Android and iOS versions.   And then we’ll see how long Microsoft Office continues to be such a big source of profit.

]]> By: babarj http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186299 babarj Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:19:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186299 Its true that office is good but for an average person (student and other people) is google docs not an alternative?
As a student thats what i use, because all i have to do is sign in to google and i have all of my docs, therefore internet is required but i have a data plan so im good

Sent from galaxy nexus/

]]> By: WIDTAP http://www.slashgear.com/office-for-ipad-denied-by-microsoft-21214647/#comment-186286 WIDTAP Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=214647#comment-186286 Microsoft release Office of iPad is probably immaterial now that OnLive Desktop is available for iPad with a Windows Touchscreen environment and a solution to the document storage problem through cloud storage.

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