Microsoft working on apps for iPad
We joke, but it's not all that much of a surprise -- Microsoft has already released a few apps for the iPhone (including a Bing search app). With iOS covering a quarter of the smartphone market, and even more of the tablet market, Microsoft would be stupid to not at least experiment with the kinds of offerings that it could create. We'll have to see what they come up with for the iPad.
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I hope they come up with a OneNote equivalent for iPad. They should incorporate stylus support and copy Ten One Design's technique for ignoring palm input.
September 19 2010 at 2:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWhat if Microsoft brings Office to iOS before there are even any Windows 7 tablets on store shelves?
That would be ironic.
Does Apple's new app store rules allow for Microsoft to make a Zune app with access to Zune Pass? If they can, then MS could make more money off an iOS app than they do making Zunes.
This should be a surprise to no one and makes perfect business sense. MSoft makes more money from Office than they ever will from tablets. If this helps (further) entrench Office, that means more sales of a software suit that is probably pure profit for MSoft.
September 18 2010 at 12:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Replywhat is the surprise here. Didn't Steve Jobs brag about the investment and support from Microsoft during his very first stage appearance after he was brought back to save the dying Apple.
September 17 2010 at 12:39 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHopefully it's more than just a Bing app.
Word, Excel and Remove Desktop on the iPad would be epic!
And Apple makes software for Windows boxes...and life goes on.
September 17 2010 at 9:57 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIf they can produce a Version of Word that includes the "Track Changes" feature (a task none of the Office apps on the App Store have managed to date), lawyers, editors - truthfully anyone who edits writing for a living - will be tripping over themselves to buy iPads and downloading Word, regardless of price. I'd be just as happy for one of their competitors to do it (I'm a fan of QuickOffice myself, except for the glaring lack of Track Changes). Just the thought of it makes me giddy.
September 17 2010 at 9:45 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyIt makes sense. Microsoft always follows Apple's lead.
Microsoft has proven that it's incapable of producing a winning product, beyond the core Windows and Office.
Obligatory reminder of that little piece of hardware called xbox and its accompanying online service as well as their Zune music store (I want me some subscription music, I'm looking at YOU iTunes). And I wouldn't call Windows a "winning" product...I bash my head against the wall everyday that I use it, which unfortunately is everyday.
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