Microsoft Office Coming to iPad: Rumor

Release Date 30 Nov, 2011 in eWeek

 
   

MS Office likely to come to the iPad in 2012

Moneycontrol.com - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft's hard at work getting their Windows 8 platform ready in time for desktops and tablets to use it in next two years. Their Office suite is definitely going to be there, but Windows 8 isn't the only platform it maybe built for. ...

Apple's iPad 3 to usher in pixel-packing tablets

CNET (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Apple's next-gen iPad won't be the only new tablet design with lots more pixels. Market researcher DisplaySearch said today that the average pixel density of tablets will surge next year ...

Microsoft reportedly readying Office for the iPad

ZDNet Asia - 30 Nov, 2011
Software giant is said to be working on a version of its productivity suite for Apple's tablet, a move that could help the iPad with business sales. Microsoft is prepping a version of its ...

Rumor: iPad will get Microsoft Office in 2012

msnbc.com - 30 Nov, 2011
Facebook, iPhone, Twitter and Wii. Technology evolves at the speed of light. Msnbc.com's tech reporters and editors look at the gadgets, games and innovations changing our world. By Wilson Rothman According to "sources," The Daily is reporting that ...

Microsoft prepping Office for iPad?

Register - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft is said to be preparing a version of its Office productivity suite for Apple's überpopular fondleslab, the "magical and revolutionary" iPad. So say unnamed sources speaking â€" fittingly enough â€" to The Daily, Rupert Murdoch's less than wildly ...

Office coming to iPad soon?

The Seattle Times - 30 Nov, 2011
The Daily, a daily online publication for the iPad, says Microsoft is planning a version of Office for the iPad. The Daily cited unnamed sources forthe report, which says Microsoft is "actively working on adapting its popular software suite for Apple's ...

Windows 8 Tablets' Release Date Too Late, Says Forrester, Blaming Product Strategy

Huffington Post - 30 Nov, 2011
In a blog post, JP Gownder of Forrester says that Windows 8 tablets are going to be "very late to the party"; he blames a slow-moving Microsoft for the dip in consumer interest. Gownder reports that, while 46 percent of US consumers expressed an ...

Microsoft Office rumored to be coming to the iPad ... but is it too late?

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
The word on the interwebz is that Microsoft are planning to bring it's Office suite of applications to the iPad. According to sources, the tech giant is actively working on adapting its popular ...

Microsoft Office for the iPad: Should they? Could they? Will they?

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Summary: The Daily is quoting unnamed sources saying Microsoft has decided to go forward with Office for the iPad. But when and how (and for how much) will such a product debut? ...

Microsoft Office

CNET (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft is prepping a version of its Office productivity software to run on Apple's iPad, according to The Daily. The iPad-based news outlet, citing "sources," reported that Microsoft is working to adapt Office for Apple's tablet. ...

Late start means Windows 8 tablets will fail, warns Forrester

Computerworld (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Windows 8 tablets will be so late to market that there's a good chance that they'll fail, warns a new report from Forrester. The only hope, the report concludes, is if Windows 8 tablets are much less expensive than the competition, ...

Analyst: Windows 8 Tablets Dead on Arrival?

PC Magazine - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft may be touting its Windows 8 operating system as an ideal engine for a tablet, but one analyst report claims that it will be too late to the party. In a blog post published Tuesday, Forrester analyst JP Gownder predicted that ...

Microsoft Office Coming To iPad Next Year, Says Report (MSFT, AAPL)

San Francisco Chronicle - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft may be bringing Office to the iPad next year, according to a report in The Daily. The report cites unnamed sources, and says that Microsoft will also update its version of Office for the Mac next year. We haven't been able to confirm the ...

The Best Tablet for You

PCWorld - 30 Nov, 2011
Photograph by Robert CardinFor a long time, you didn't have much choice if you were in the market for a tablet--Apple's iPad was the only good option. But that's starting to change: Though the iPad 2 remains the top ...

Late Windows 8 tablets botch consumer opportunity

CNET - 30 Nov, 2011
Michael Angiulo, corporate vice president of Windows Planning, Hardware & PC Ecosystem, shows off a prototype tablet PC running Windows 8 at Microsoft's Build conference in Anaheim, ...

tablet computers

CNET (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
When Microsoft launches Windows 8, its first touch-centric version of the flagship operating system, it may well be too late to seize meaningful market share in the booming tablet business, according to a new report from market analyst Forrester. ...

Interest waning on Windows 8 tablet, Forrester says

Computerworld - 30 Nov, 2011
IDG News Service - Interest in tablets with Microsoft's Windows 8 is plummeting, Forrester Research said in a study released on Tuesday. About 46% of US consumers "yearned" for a Windows 8 tablet in the first quarter this year, ...

People Are Losing Interest In The Microsoft Tablet, And It's Not Even Out Yet ...

San Francisco Chronicle - 30 Nov, 2011
The iPad has already taken about 11% of the PC market, and by the time Microsoft and its partners get around to releasing a real competitor next year, it may be too late. That's what a new study from Forrester Research suggests. ...

Windows 8 Tablets: Too Little, Too Late?

InformationWeek - 30 Nov, 2011
Touch-friendly devices running Microsoft's next OS may be more than a year away, leaving some analysts to conclude that Redmond has already lost the tablet market. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Tablets are currently tech's hottest category, ...

Windows 8 dilemma: Consumers don't buy a tablet for the OS

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Summary: Mainstream consumers buy tablets for many reasons, but rarely because of the OS it runs. This will hammer Microsoft's Windows 8 when it finally appears in the future. ...

I'm not surprised that consumer interest in Windows tablets has plummeted

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Who's surprised to hear this? I'm not in the least bit surprised. Here's why. First, the tablet market is now well established. The iPad is the king, the Kindle Fire is the queen, ...

Consumer interest in Windows 8 tablets slumps

Register - 30 Nov, 2011
Punters appear to be turning away from the Windows 8 tablets Microsoft hopes will get it back into the fondleslab game. Back in January, Forrester Research, a market watcher, asked consumers which tablets they ...

Microsoft Windows 8 tablet coming too late?

The Seattle Times - 30 Nov, 2011
Research firm Forrester released a report today titled "Microsoft's Shrinking Window For Tablets," saying the company "faces challenges in the tablet market due to its late entry." Windows 8 tablets aren't expected on the market until sometime next ...

Consumers' interest in Windows tablets plummets, study claims

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Summary: Users' interest in Windows tablets is waning and Microsoft has missed the peak of consumer desire for a Windows 8-based iPad competitor, a new study claims. “Microsoft has missed the peak of ...

Microsoft's Shrinking Window For Tablets: Its Fifth-Mover Product Strategy Is Late

Forbes - 30 Nov, 2011
Forrester is bullish on Windows 8 as a product for consumers. Windows 8, Microsoft is adapting Windows in key ways that make it better suited to compete in the post-PC era, including a touch-first UI, an app marketplace, and the ability ...

Microsoft: Windows May Be Too Late For Tablets, Says Forrester

Barron's (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
If you follow the world of Microsoft's (MSFT) Windows, pay heed to two interesting pieces this morning. Forrester Research has just produced a rather skeptical article about the chances for Microsoft breaking into the tablet market in a ...

Is Microsoft Running Out of Time for Tablets?

New York Times (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft executives Michael Angiulo (left) and Steven Sinofsky show a prototype of a Windows 8 tablet made by Samsung at a Microsoft developers conference in September in Anaheim, Calif. ...

Apple's Rivals Try to Swipe Sales From IPad With Cheaper Tablets

BusinessWeek - 30 Nov, 2011
Nov. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Samsung Electronics Co. and Lenovo Group Ltd. are joining Amazon.com Inc. in selling low-priced tablets this holiday season, stepping up efforts to grab sales from Apple Inc.'s market leading iPad ...

iPad is the most-wanted holiday gift among kids aged 6 to 12

Economic Times - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎
One iPad isn't enough for Patrick Smith's family. Smith, an American Web designer living in Germany, has two kids vying for their tablet computer. The youngest started tapping and fingerswiping the screen by the age of 1, leading to tussles over who ...

Apple's Rivals Try to Swipe Holiday Sales From IPad With Cheaper Tablets

Bloomberg - ‎Nov 28, 2011‎
A student uses a mobile phone near the Samsung Electronics' new tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1 with Apple's white iPad on display, center, at the showroom in Seoul, South Korea. ...

 

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