Microsoft plans to offer "Office" for Android and iOS in 2014

Microsoft plans to offer "Office" for Android and iOS in 2014

News reports indicated the intention of "Microsoft" version of Office programs package "Office" under the name "Gemini"-Gemini-a copy of this version from the smart phone operating systems Android and iOS.

And a report by ZDnet "technical site map to" Gemini "version of" the Office, "where the first version will be Windows-specific Blu-ray" to be unveiled later this year, and a second version of "Mac" and "Windows phone", and the third version will be for Android and iOS.

The release includes "Gemini" on software "WordPress" and "Excel", "PowerPoint", "and not" to be the first release in October, the second in April, launches, and the third version in October 2014.

The report noted that the third version of the Android systems and iOS would provide free benefits such as reading documents, if you want to edit and type the new document will require the user to subscribe to Office 365 cloud service from Microsoft.

The report did not mention the possibility of providing or not providing the third version for tablets operating systems Android and iOS, but expected it to smart phones.

Previous studies indicated that Microsoft is losing billions of dollars a year to put a copy of its "Office" for iOS in particular, and as far as economic analyst at Morgan Stanley Bank, annual profit lost the company for not providing a copy of the Office Tools for iOS fit iPhone and iPad, $ 2.5 billion.

The reason most rolling technical reports about delay launch Microsoft Office version for iOS is different with Apple about the proportion of the profit obtained each after application on the "app store", where you'll find the "Microsoft" to 30% you take the profits from any application.