Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, in his first press event as CEO, announced the birth of Microsoft’s Office for iPad .
Microsoft announced that Office for iPad – Word, Excel, PowerPoint – will be available for free in the Apple App Store as of today, March 27.
Nadella made the announcement and emphasised that today’s announcement is part of the company’s cloud-mobile strategy and that other announcements will be revealed in coming weeks.
Microsoft didn’t simply enlarge the Office Mobile version of Word, Excel and PowerPoint for iPhones, but has rebuilt the Office for iPad apps from scratch.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frpsGFQ4AIY
Microsoft is using a “freemium” model for Office for iPad. Word, Excel and Powerpoint for iPad are available from the iTunes App Store and are free to download, but they’ll only let you access and read existing Office documents. To create new files and edit them, you’ll need an Office 365 subscription which is priced at $9.99 per month for Office 365 Home Premium and $6.99 per month for personal plan.
With that subscription, you’ll be able to come close to the capabilities of the full version, all files will be stored online.
You can read more about Office for iPad on Microsoft’s blog here.
