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Impending crisis for Microsoft: Office tablet pricing | |
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| Time: 08:31 EST/13:31 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Robert Stein | ||
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ZDNet reported yesterday that Microsoft is getting a version of Office ready for the iPad. The new versions of Word, Excel, and Powerpoint will be aimed at bringing a “real” office suite to the iPad, to compete with Apple’s iWorks suite. The interesting rumor has Microsoft pricing the Office apps at $10 to compete directly with the apps from Apple. This leads to the realization that Microsoft faces a dilemma when it comes time to price the Office apps for its own Windows 8 tablets coming down the pike. |
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| #1 By 415 (12.162.57.158) at Wednesday, November 30, 2011 09:56:54 AM |
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Dupe. Sorry. This post was edited by IronCladLou on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 10:01. |
| #2 By 415 (12.162.57.158) at Wednesday, November 30, 2011 09:57:54 AM |
| My guess is that Office for the iPad and Android will be nothing more than free clients for Office Web Apps. i.e. http://skydrive.live.com, SharePoint, and/or Office 365. There will also be a Metro version of Office for Windows 8. This way the best Office experience will still be the Windows versions. However, the pricing of the Office suite will stay the same. |
| #3 By 7754 (74.94.83.33) at Wednesday, November 30, 2011 04:20:38 PM |
| #2--my guess is that they will likely Metro-ize the Office Web Apps in an upcoming version as well, though.... |
| #4 By 2 (212.95.17.41) at Thursday, December 01, 2011 02:48:04 AM |
| I think it is good that they are adding this for iPad, a lot of my clients continue to think ipad is a PC replacement, this will make life a little easier for them...especially with powerpoint! I probably will just stick with the traditional windows verion, though. |
