Microsoft Office on iOS and Android
It is, according to various experts, a key step for Microsoft in view of wanting to play a leading role in the mobile and tablet in a special way. The Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, potentially a billion-dollar business for the Redmond, however, is still a long way to make himself available for the platforms from Apple and Google.
New releases under the hat of Gemini
Indeed, according to the latest rumors published in recent days by site Zdnet, his debut, as well as that of the e-mail program Outlook for Windows RT, may not materialize before the autumn of 2014. To say an alleged roadmap "Gemini", code name for the next wave of Office updates.
The first release (Gemini 1.0) is scheduled for October and will include a package of applications that will interface Modern UI to flank desktop applications on Windows 32-bit already exist. In other words see the light versions "touch-centric" in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, designed to run on both devices that Windows 8 tablet on Windows RT (the version of the operating system that "run" on Arm processor architecture)
New versions for Mac and Windows Phone next spring
The next stage is set for April 2014, when Microsoft is expected to announce the second round of releases, the "Gemini wave 1.5". Being updated for the next version of Office for Mac suite and an update of Windows Phone, which should surround the extension of the software for devices with large screens.
Next spring will be, according to information gathered by ZDNet, even the time of a new Office RT, with improved versions of all programs in the suite designed for Windows RT.
The path to release, if the roadmap is correct, will end as said in the fall of 2014, when Office will arrive on iOS and Android. There are no precise details about the nature of "Gemini Wave 2.0" - and Microsoft, there is no indication to that effect - but it's pretty obvious that in Redmond are working on a solution that will work perfectly on iPad and tablet (Google inside) of the various Samsung, Acer, HP, Lenovo and so on.
On paper, the debut seems too far in time, considering the possible countermoves of competition. It is not excluded that Microsoft, in 18 months, drops on the table a scatter symbol: namely a version of Office for iPhone and smartphones androids.
It is, according to various experts, a key step for Microsoft in view of wanting to play a leading role in the mobile and tablet in a special way. The Office productivity suite for iOS and Android, potentially a billion-dollar business for the Redmond, however, is still a long way to make himself available for the platforms from Apple and Google.
New releases under the hat of Gemini
Indeed, according to the latest rumors published in recent days by site Zdnet, his debut, as well as that of the e-mail program Outlook for Windows RT, may not materialize before the autumn of 2014. To say an alleged roadmap "Gemini", code name for the next wave of Office updates.
The first release (Gemini 1.0) is scheduled for October and will include a package of applications that will interface Modern UI to flank desktop applications on Windows 32-bit already exist. In other words see the light versions "touch-centric" in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, designed to run on both devices that Windows 8 tablet on Windows RT (the version of the operating system that "run" on Arm processor architecture)
The next stage is set for April 2014, when Microsoft is expected to announce the second round of releases, the "Gemini wave 1.5". Being updated for the next version of Office for Mac suite and an update of Windows Phone, which should surround the extension of the software for devices with large screens.
Next spring will be, according to information gathered by ZDNet, even the time of a new Office RT, with improved versions of all programs in the suite designed for Windows RT.
The path to release, if the roadmap is correct, will end as said in the fall of 2014, when Office will arrive on iOS and Android. There are no precise details about the nature of "Gemini Wave 2.0" - and Microsoft, there is no indication to that effect - but it's pretty obvious that in Redmond are working on a solution that will work perfectly on iPad and tablet (Google inside) of the various Samsung, Acer, HP, Lenovo and so on.
On paper, the debut seems too far in time, considering the possible countermoves of competition. It is not excluded that Microsoft, in 18 months, drops on the table a scatter symbol: namely a version of Office for iPhone and smartphones androids.