Office for iPhone: A big deal, but old news

April 6th, 2009 by Ina Fried Tagged with: , , , , ,


For those wondering about Microsoft exec Stephen Elop's suggestions that Office is coming to the iPhone, let us be unequivocal. It is.

How do we know? Microsoft has already said so. The software maker is planning over the coming months to introduce web-based versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote. Those programs will run not only in Internet Explorer, but also in Safari and Firefox. And, lest there be any ambiguity, Microsoft has already confirmed that this means Office for iPhone and Office for Linux.

Don't get us wrong. Those are both big deals — particularly Office for Linux (think netbooks and other web appliances). It's just that they weren't new revelations, as some thought, on Wednesday.

For those who want to hear about Office for the iPhone straight from Microsoft's mouth, here's a video interview we did earlier this year with Office development chief Antoine Leblond.

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