Microsoft Nukes Recent Office for iPad Rumor
Even if Microsoft were developing a Metro-themed Office app for Apple's iPad, it won't be appearing in the next few weeks. That's just crazy talk.
Tuesday morning The Daily quoted unnamed sources which said Microsoft's Metro-themed Office app for the iPad would soon be submitted to Apple for approval. The news arrived after the iPad version was supposedly discovered back in November 2011, as The Daily claimed it spent some hands-on time with the prototype software running on Apple's popular tablet.
"The app’s user interface is similar to the current OneNote app, but it has hints of Metro, the new design language that can be seen in Windows Phone and in the as-yet-released Windows 8 desktop operating system," The Daily reported, seemingly describing Office 15 for WOA. "Word, Excel and PowerPoint files can be created and edited locally and online. But it’s unclear if Microsoft will support other Office apps at launch or at all."
Sources close to the matter said the design team has wrapped up the project, but so far an actual release date is unknown. The Daily assumed that "it could be released in the coming weeks" given that it's ready to be submitted to Apple's approval team, a statement heard within the halls of Microsoft, provoking a full-frontal denial.
"The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation. We have no further comment," a Microsoft spokesperson said, neither confirming nor denying the app's actual existence. The rep also added that the screenshot accompanying the article, as seen above, is not a real picture of a Microsoft software product.
Selling Office 15 on Apple's iPad isn't all that far-fetched, as Microsoft would be reaching out to consumers who'd prefer the portable iOS environment while still having access to hugely popular Office apps like PowerPoint and Word. If anything, Office for Macintosh, which is highly profitable on that particular platform, proves this theory. Even more, the business sector, which relies heavily on Office apps, wouldn't be severely affected when adopting iPads, allowing workers to easily work between desktop and mobile.
If Microsoft is releasing an Office app for iPad, it's likely similar to the version slated for WOA, as both will be ARM-based. That said, Office for iPad probably won't appear until WOA actually launches later this year. Seriously, Microsoft providing a Metro-themed Office app on Apple's iPad first? That's just crazy talk, but we could be wrong.

I will never build apps for apple and will never buy one again.....
That goes double for all their slave labor and patent troll shenanigans.....
This shows complete lack of understanding of software development. The CPU instruction set has little to no impact on development since it's completely isolated from the source code via the compiler (about the only matter left to care about would be byte ordering). And this has been the case for the last 50 years. The rest of the platform differences are abstracted via drivers and those are immaterial for an application. It's the OS environment that dictates how close two platforms are (including the driver model to some extent).
Both Windows and iOS are highly unique software environment, so it's not easy to share code between them. It's true that cross-platform frameworks exist, but these strip many of the cool features of the environment so you shouldn't expect a company like Microsoft to resort to using them (we certainly don't do that in our company). That means at the very least the UI is written independently for each OS. And don't even get me started on that blasted language Objective-C that Apple mandates developers use...
The tablet war is one of Apps. It would be silly for Microsoft to release Office for iOS before W8 is out. But again I could just be super tired and not thinking straight
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That's most of the business/corporate world, bye bye iToy
Unless they want to attract the business crowd, since businesses already use Office and are familiar with it. If MS makes mobile Office a Windows 8 Tablet only app I see businesses moving away from iPads and to Windows 8. Having a well known and already accustomed to UI for the workers is a big plus for businesses, specially if you consider the cross-syncing between WP7, Windows 8 tablet and Windows 7 or Windows 8 PC. Why give Apple Office and make businesses less likely to look at Windows 8 when they can keep it as an ace for themselves to draw them in, seems like a smart move to me.
Funny you would say that since Microsoft has stated their app store will be similar. O.o
Geeks, no one gives a gnat's fart about you or your opinions on what constitutes a useful device. I know Hollywood has gone through a phase of trying to make geeks seem sexy and generally smart, but the spotlight has revealed the reality: you know some computing stuff, and that's effing *it*. No, gaming and anime and Doctor Who minutiae do not count as being smart.
You do not know everything. You not liking a device does not make it a toy and people buying something you don't like does not make them stupid. Some day that fact will finally seep through your thick, dense skulls and you will realize what horrible individuals you have been and how decrepit your personalities have become- I estimate somewhere in your late 40s from what I saw.
Get over your tiny, insignificant, repulsive selves.
Because Apple wants garbage Apps on their platform...lol. Not that your bad but high standards must exist for a great product. Apple bashers never cease to amaze bashing with any and every Apple related product...lol.
As much as I hate to agree. I think you are right. Give the church of iCrap and its Zombies the same medicine that the Apple jail dishes out.
Your rant is exactly what I would expect from a Church of iCrap zombie. Go get a brain ! You even
have the odasity to make ageist comments. The reason smart people hate Apple is because Apple promotes locked down standards and undermines the freedom of the user and the march of technology. Add to that defrauding them by overcharging for their mediocre hardware. I forgot to mention the poor treatment of their workers. If Apple made open user friendly products no one would be complaining.
I know right, only the best for the Apple AppStore, like this fart apps, o yea or the beer app, or maybe all those stupid voice cloning and morphing apps... please think over your replies before you post. Apple AppStore quality is no better then any other app store, they just like making sure that no one adds something they don't like or anything they can clone and add as their own.