Impending crisis for Microsoft: Office tablet pricing

Release Date 30 Nov, 2011 in ZDNet blog

 
   

Upgrade your geek with Houston Chronicle technology writer Dwight Silverman

Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
• Microsoft plans to get its Office software suite on the iPad â€" That's in addition to new versions for Mac OS X and Windows, coming next year. Wouldn't it be interesting if Microsoft used Office to introduce iPad users to its Metro UI? ...

Microsoft Office for iPad ahoy, say rumors

Computerworld (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is said to be porting its Office suite to iOS, to run on Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPad. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if the world's gone mad. Your humble blogwatcher curated ...

With Tablet S, I Worry About Sony

TIME - 30 Nov, 2011
Sony's Tablet S is an awkward device, but not because of its unusual wedge-shaped design. It is awkward because it catches Sony in the middle of a transition, from an iconic hardware maker to an ...

Impending crisis for Microsoft: Office tablet pricing

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Summary: If Microsoft is readying a version of Office for the iPad, it better be prepared for the ripple effect in its other business. ZDNet reported yesterday that Microsoft is getting a version of ...

Microsoft's tablet prospects: Caught in middle of Amazon, Apple?

ZDNet (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Summary: Microsoft needs more than just interest to get into the tablet game. It will need some unique featureâ€"Office integration is an obvious choiceâ€"as well as a real product/price strategy. ...

Microsoft poised to launch Office for the iPad

Financial Times (blog) - 30 Nov, 2011
Microsoft is planning an iPad version of its popular Office software suite, The Daily reports.The product is set to cost around $10 â€" about the same price Apple charges for its Pages, Numbers and Keynote products. Spotify, the online music streaming ...

Some tablets for your headache

Manila Bulletin - 30 Nov, 2011
MANILA, Philippines â€" As of this writing, retailers in the United States were busy preparing what could be the biggest Black Friday sales event in that country's retail history. Never mind that the US economy, along with the rest ...

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 ...

Should you ask Santa for a tablet or an e-reader?

USA Today - 30 Nov, 2011
These slate-style computers and dedicated electronic readers top many wish lists this holiday season. Yet, the landscape for the popular devices is changing. Despite the iPad's dominance, multimedia-capable tablets are no ...

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 ...

 

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