Last November, The Daily reported Microsoft was working on a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad. That report turns out to have been true as now the Daily has come up with a picture of Office running on the iPad.
The big question now is whether or not Apple will approve the App. I suspect they will, even though Office obviously competes with Apple's own productivity apps like Pages and Keynote. Apple and Microsoft have had a good relationship in the past, especially when Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple when Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy.
A brief hands-on with a working prototype of the software revealed a number of new things. The app’s user interface is similar to the current OneNote app, but it has hints of Metro, the new design language that can be seen in Windows Phone and in the as-yet-released Windows 8 desktop operating system.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be created and edited locally and online. But it’s unclear if Microsoft will support other Office apps at launch or at all.
Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be created and edited locally and online. But it’s unclear if Microsoft will support other Office apps at launch or at all.
The big question now is whether or not Apple will approve the App. I suspect they will, even though Office obviously competes with Apple's own productivity apps like Pages and Keynote. Apple and Microsoft have had a good relationship in the past, especially when Microsoft invested $150 million in Apple when Apple was on the verge of bankruptcy.
