Months ago we learned that Microsoft had a slip through the spokesman of the Czech delegation of the multinational, revealing the plans for the premiere of the long-awaited version of Office for iOS and Android environments. From the parent company, they did not take long to clarify the statements of the company's European sources, adding nuances that helped to blur the issue while waiting for new official information about the deadlines set in Redmond for the launch of its office suite on devices outside the Windows ecosystem.
But through The Verge, the strategy that Microsoft had wanted to keep in the freezer would have been buried. And it is that according to the aforementioned North American media, the plans of the multinational founded by Bill Gates have been exposed in this regard. From the data they have had access to, it would have been known that Office for iOS and Android would be available for download from the first quarter of 2013.
The details of the launch would respond to the following steps. First, iOS would be the system that would have the possibility of downloading the "" application package, which would include, among others, the desired Word, Power Point or Excel. It would be between the months of February and March when the suite was published in the App Store. Android users, meanwhile, would have to wait a couple more months, so it would not be until May when the Office pack was seen on Google Play.
In both cases, the download of the application package would be free. But beware: to be able to open and edit documents, you would need an Office 365 subscription. In addition, the edition that will be available for smartphones and tablets will not be a full version as it would have been designed for desktop environments, but will be a simplification focused on usability on mobile platforms. Despite everything, for now it is not known in detail what the differences will be between the one that will reach computers and the one that will do so on this type of device.
The idea of postponing the launch of Office for iOS and Android would respond to Microsoft's desire to enjoy a period of exception with the office suite on Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8, the new operating systems that the Redmond house has begun to implement. deploy these days, and they are designed for computers, ultrabooks, tablets, and smart phones. Precisely this week the launch of the first phones equipped with the most modern version of the platform for smartphones would have begun. Specifically, we talk aboutNokia Lumia 920, Samsung Ativ S and HTC Windows Phone 8x, all equipped as standard with the set of programs that make up the Office family "" as in previous editions of the operating system since it was released in 2010.
