Is the iWork suite en route to iPhone?
Looking for more good news on the iPhone 4 front? Our eagle-eyed tipster iJcaP points out something that MacRumors also noted: on the iPhone 4 features page for Mail, a screenshot at the bottom lets a fairly large cat out of the bag. The picture shows an option to open a Keynote file... in Keynote. That, of course, implies a version of the iWork suite for the iPhone -- currently only available for the iPad.Screenshot mixup, or true vision of the future? Sure would be another nice thing to have for the iOS 4 launch and iPhone 4 availability, dontcha think?
Update: The screenshot has been tweaked -- see the 2nd half of this post. It now says "Open in 'iBooks'" which is a trifle odd considering the email still refers to a presentation. Seems like this is not Apple's day for keeping things under wraps.
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Looking for more good news on the iPhone 4 front? Our eagle-eyed tipster iJcaP points out something that MacRumors also noted: on the...
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iBooks does a nice job of viewing PDFs, as demonstrated. If we assume that the presentation is now in PDF format, iBooks would be the handler of choice.
June 09 2010 at 12:25 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyForm factor may be a bit small on iPhone, but the iWork suite on iPad is awesome. It is great to have key documents with me all the time, without lugging around my MBP in addition to my piece of crap HP office laptop.
June 08 2010 at 8:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo does this now imply that iBooks opens Keynote/PPT in addition to PDF?
I have been clamoring for this for years. I need a simple, mobile spreadsheet to keep track of attendance. I use documents to go (and it's great), but there is no app on the iPhone to edit numbers files natively. So when editing on the mac, save copy as excel file, which Numbers hates. Not fun. I hope this comes soon.
June 07 2010 at 9:07 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNah! The form factor is too small to do a version of iWork on the iPhone. Moreover, other companies hadn't been successful at porting an Office-style productivity suite (Pocket Office anyone?)
June 07 2010 at 8:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt says open in ibooks on their site, photoshop?
June 07 2010 at 7:00 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyLooks like they changed it rather hastily... the email subject still says "Atlanta Presentation" (for now).
June 07 2010 at 7:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt's definitely plausible to run the iPad version of iWork on this thing. One of the features of iOS4 is the ability to redraw text and the controls, none of that horrid pixel doubling technique currently employed on the iPad.
June 07 2010 at 6:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI really hope so, had a chance to try out Numbers and Pages on the iPad earlier today and they are brilliantly executed.
Currently I find Excel on my Windows Mobile device indispensible for throwing together quick tables/sheets, and I like to format my text as I'm writing, so Word is equally important.
I know of apps like Quick Office and Documents to Go, but from what Iâve read theyâre sluggish. Iâd love to have an Apple engineered solution.
It isn't there anymore. The screenshot is different now, says "Open in iBooks"
June 07 2010 at 5:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyScreenshot has just been changed on U.K. site.
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