As related on Facebook on March 27...
Michael Mortilla
March 27 near Burbank, CA
Microsoft is touting it's new Office 365 for iPad yet doesn't say what iOS it supports. I just chatted online with tech support and they keep saying it supports Mac OS 10.6, which is NOT an iOS. The tech insisted that's all I need to know.
Bottom line: MS is NOT announcing what iOS their new iPad product (at $99/year) supports. Hence, no sale from me. I have the original iPad and no intention of upgrading any time soon, but it is annoying when the company "line" about a product just ignores valid questions about compatibility. All they really want is your money and if it doesn't work, then you should have known? I don't think so.
I won't be buying any MS products for a long time to come, but you'd think they'd be more open about such matters or at least a little more customer centric. Apparently not so much.
Jay Levine I have been using Pages Numbers and Keynote on my ipad and it seems to work fine for what I need. I also user Evernote as a note taking tool
Dominic Namnath Check out CloudOn app. It's virtual Word, excel, and Powerpoint. and it's FREE
Lisa Tatge All the apps were released today, but I can't locate them via search to check anything in the AppStore.
Love my Apple machines despite their issues, but the lack of these apps has been a thorn for years. I can't stand Pages, Numbers and Keynote, because I can't export to Word, Excel or PowerPoint, which makes iWork useless for all my real world applications. I have tried several third party apps without success, though not CloudOn.
If you're just reading files, the Office apps are supposed to be free. Gotta pay, though, if you want to edit.
I don't need to know the iOS version? Seriously?! Thought iTunes support was bad.
Dominic Namnath Not to be a troll, but iWork exports to all those aforementioned formats...
Michael Mortilla I love all my fellow geeks weighing in.
Lisa Tatge Dominic - Sorry to say, but mine does not. There are no options. They might have updated that and I didn't get it. I'll check....
Michael Mortilla Careful Dominic. Lisa is actually a rocket scientist.
Lisa Tatge On another note, finally found one of the free apps and gave it a try. Got PowerPoint. Great for reading mail. Nothings out of place or moved around, all the fonts are correct, and the format is basically the same as the desktop version. Debating on purchasing the editing version....
Dominic Namnath Well, iWork Share Export to whatever has been around since at least 2008, rockets or no rockets. In the iCloud version the options appear when you download too.
Dominic Namnath Complete instructions here (yup a manual, gasp!) http://help.apple.com/pages/mac/5.0/#/tanc2e488747