The latest news from the Redmond based software giant Microsoft suggests that the company is all set to release the touch version of the productivity suite Office for Android in the coming weeks, even before releasing it for their own Windows 8 operating system. The touch based Office suite for android is all set to release with the introduction of the Modern styled Windows Store apps, which is expected to release anytime soon. According to our sources, users of Microsoft’s own Windows Phone 8 will be the last ones to get the touch-based Office productivity suite.
The company has already released the productivity suite for devices that run on iOS, like iPads even before releasing it for their own operating system. Former CEO Steve Ballmer had kept the already developed productivity suite at bay in an effort to release it after releasing the productivity suite for Windows. However, the new CEO of Satya Nadella could not find any logic in keeping an already developed suite from the market, and so initiated the release of Office touch version for iPads.
Although earlier our sources from Microsoft had suggested that the Windows 8 version of the new Office suite would be released later this year, we now hear that this won’t be happening any time soon. According to latest news from the software giant, the Office touch version for Windows Phone devices would be releasing only in Spring of 2015, maybe along with the release of the new Operating system, Windows 9. We were not able to procure the reason for the shifting of the release date, but sources said that updated Office for desktop is also set to release in early Spring.
The release of Office for Android device can be seen as the first step Microsoft takes in becoming a cross-platform service provider. The idea was hatched in the head of the new CEO of the company, who has a vision to change the company from a mere software provider to a cross platform service provider. Nadella commented on the release of Office for Android as follows, “The intent here is to make sure our services are available on all devices. 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 also added, "We are definitely going to have touch-first Office on Windows, and it is coming. But I didn’t want us to hold back.”
The company has already released the productivity suite for devices that run on iOS, like iPads even before releasing it for their own operating system. Former CEO Steve Ballmer had kept the already developed productivity suite at bay in an effort to release it after releasing the productivity suite for Windows. However, the new CEO of Satya Nadella could not find any logic in keeping an already developed suite from the market, and so initiated the release of Office touch version for iPads.
Although earlier our sources from Microsoft had suggested that the Windows 8 version of the new Office suite would be released later this year, we now hear that this won’t be happening any time soon. According to latest news from the software giant, the Office touch version for Windows Phone devices would be releasing only in Spring of 2015, maybe along with the release of the new Operating system, Windows 9. We were not able to procure the reason for the shifting of the release date, but sources said that updated Office for desktop is also set to release in early Spring.
The release of Office for Android device can be seen as the first step Microsoft takes in becoming a cross-platform service provider. The idea was hatched in the head of the new CEO of the company, who has a vision to change the company from a mere software provider to a cross platform service provider. Nadella commented on the release of Office for Android as follows, “The intent here is to make sure our services are available on all devices. 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 also added, "We are definitely going to have touch-first Office on Windows, and it is coming. But I didn’t want us to hold back.”
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