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Check it out! [This is] might be getting a touch-friendly version of Office before Windows 8 does! Is Microsoft finally catching on to mobile technology?
Touch-enabled Office app could be headed to Android ahead of Windows
Microsoft has been quite overt with its mobile-minded strategy, and now it seems a touch-friendly version of Office is headed to Android next — before it arrives on Windows 8. ZDNet reports the productivity suite will outfit Google’s OS ahead of Microsoft’s own devices, the latter of which is now said to be pushed to early 2015. …
That’s great for Android users, but Windows users are feeling rather betrayed. The Verge writes:
“[This is] likely to disappoint and even anger some Windows users, who feel Microsoft is ignoring its own backyard while bringing this polished and finger-friendly Office experience to Windows rivals. But this is the trajectory that Microsoft must follow to succeed in what Nadella recently labeled a “post-post-PC era.” “There are going to be Windows devices and there are going to be other devices and we have to make sure our services run on all of them,” he said during last week’s Code Conference. “
As TechCrunch explains, this isn’t exactly news – we’ve known for awhile that Microsoft was working on an Android-friendly Office. The key here is the timing. Here’s the full article:
Android Likely To Get Touch-Friendly Office Before Windows
Earlier today, ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley reported that the tablet-touch build of Office for Android will land before the touch-ready build for Windows. Yes, this is the real world. …
Perhaps Windows is finally going to get a foot in the mobile world.
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