Microsoft is going to make its Office apps for Android and iOS for free. The separate applications of Office, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, can be used from now free on Android phones, the iPhone and your iPad. Is still working hard on the Office apps for Android tablets. The developers of Microsoft thinking the Word, Excel and Powerpoint app for Android tablets with a screen size of 7 inches or more in 2015 to have done. For now is by invitation only preview available.
Microsoft already had the three Office apps made for iPad and Android phones. From now on the iOS app Office is also available for iPhone. Apparently it takes more time to make the Android tabletapp Office. This may be because Microsoft thinks Apple a bigger competitor than Google, when it comes to this office software. The free software is available for consumers. Business users should just pay for the service.
Microsoft says it for free Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iOS and Android available productivity software for a wide audience. Can probably not compete with the (free) competition that provide Google and Apple with similar apps that are free preinstalled on Android devices and iOS devices, respectively. Microsoft has not yet announced that the Office suite (or a light version thereof) will also be available for free on its own Windows platform. Customers should there just have to pay for a license (Office 2013) or a subscription (Office 365) have Office 365 subscribers still advantages over the free users.
Furthermore, the Office Services on Android and Apple devices. Office 365 subscribers can use 1 TB OneDrive cloud storage while the normal consumer can make use of “only” 15 GB of free storage on Microsoft’s cloud service.
The step from Microsoft is a major in its long history of paid document editing software. The company wants to switch from fixed Office licenses to paid subscriptions where you can on all your devices use the full Office functionality for a fixed amount per month or per year. The free availability of full office applications on Android and iOS Microsoft can create a greater range but it is unclear how these users will switch to the paid services of Microsoft.
darn about all off, Microsoft has given her own OneDrive service competition within the Office apps for Android and iOS. Dropbox is in fact integrated in all Office applications. The remarkable step is the start of an important collaboration between Microsoft and Dropbox. Dropbox will promote its services while Microsoft Office via Dropbox will integrate its services. Whether the collaboration is a prelude to a takeover of the popular cloud storage by the tech giant from Redmond is still unclear.
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