This has been confirmed by the charismatic and still CEO (Executive Director) of Microsoft , Steve Ballmer A piece of news that has been expected for quite some time, and that is that the rumors about the package of Microsoft Office Tools for iPad has been around for a while. Even more since the month of June iPhone users had the opportunity to try it However the tablet of Apple seemed to have been left out of the plans of Microsoft for their acquaintances document tools.Until now.
Now Ballmer confirms it, although with conditions And it is that, of course, you first need to create an application with a predominantly touch interface for tablets and computers running the Windows operating system Then it will be the turn for the iPad An issue that, some specialized media such as The Verge , they affirm that it is already in development. However Ballmer has not indicated dates, not even approximate ones. So we will still have to wait to see an Office 365 application operational on the Apple big screen device
At the moment it is only possible to take as a reference the recent application available for iPhoneThe tool proposes the creation and edition of text documents, spreadsheets and the classic presentations in PowerPoint. A productivity application to carry the office always in your pocket, with the possibility of modifying and reading all those documents and, an important point, store them in the cloud of SkyDrive However, it is necessary to have a paid subscription to Office 365 And the new business system of this tool is buying a subscription A concept that is expected to lead to the application for iPad, although no further details are known.
Microsoft would seek to dominate the productivity experience on handheld devices. Something that would force them to take their tools to all platforms and make them the most used.Something somewhat difficult considering the good number of free variants with Internet storage services and editing tools. In fact Google already offers it through Google Drive in a free We will have to see if Microsoft manages to create useful and practical tools with a really comfortable interface for tablets, and to what extent time gets it.
On the other hand, Microsoft must take into account what it would really contribute to take the application Office 365 to the Apple tablet And, after an unsuccessful first batch of tablets, Microsoft should take into account that offering all the possibilities to the competition could lead to more harm than good to their own products, being the only difference that Surface would have Office 365 for free while in iPad, so it is assumed, you will have to purchase a subscription
For now, and as so far, we will have to wait for an official announcement from Microsoft for details of Office 365 for iPad Ballmer has not specified approximate dates, just intended to create a user interface Touch user to use at first on their own devices. Then there will be time to think about the iPad
