Microsoft Office 365 on iPhone NOW: No, we're not making this up Microsoft's Office 365 app is now available from Apple's iTunes store for iPhones, iPads and iPods. The cloud-powered, subscription-based software can be obtained if you're in the US: everyone else, including us Brits, will have to wait a while, though probably not for long. The productivity suite is pretty comprehensive, and …
I would imagine the issue there was if the installed app handled transactions/micropayments for the developers rather than the App Store.
Where as this (Office 365) is a subscription based service that is handled outside the App Store ecosystem (much like The Times or Spotify) with an app to access said service on iOS devices.
My guess is unless you have an account it just shows you a login screen forever. No way is Microsoft letting Apple get any Office 365 subscription money.
But seriously, what? Why no big launch? They can't seriously think keeping this quiet will save Windows 8, can they?
Just installed it and tested in on a few bits...
- File shares to/from skydrive seem happy and relatively quick.
- Excel formatting works okay - don't have any with macros/pivot tables to hand
- Word document I tried it with (which has a nasty complex layout including some weird tables) came up cleanly - although I couldn't see an easy way to get to headers and footers.
- My really large and stupidly complex Powerpoint file opened right - played correctly and also was editable which is really what I was most in it for
Now for an ipad version so I can do it on something bigger than a 5" screen. If that works, Then I don't really need my work machine anymore running Windows as I can dump all the Microsoft files over to the iPad and use OtherOS to do the rest of the stuff.
(Conditional thumbs up since it this really does work in the long run I can dump all but 1 windows machine in the house!)
No you wouldnt. Nokias have a free version of Office. This is an Office 365 client that requires payment.
Not to mention that Nokias dont break when you drop them, have a better, faster and more secure OS, better UI (That Apple copied in IOS7!) better Maps, NAV, Microphones, Camera, etc, etc....
It's funny timing. Thought office-readiness was one of the main selling points for the Surface. Now, months after it's available, they put an iPhone version out? Sounds to me like the sales figures for Surface (Pro) and other Windows fondleslabs are way behind M$'s expectations.
Like someone else reckoned earlier, I too think that the Surface will vanish from the stores (if it has ever arrived) by next year.
I have asthma and my doctor has asked me to record my peak flow first thing in the morning and last thing at night. I have an excel spreadsheet for this and use my phone to update it. It's a classic use scenario, you don't need to do much or anything complicated, but it's at a time when digging out a laptop or using my desktop is incontinent, also if I'm away for the night I don't need to cart around a full sized laptop.
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