MS bring out the heavy artillery in Tablet Wars.
MS bring out the heavy artillery in Tablet Wars.
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Can you show us some pictures?Originally Posted by RaptorSA
Frankly, I have never seen an actual need for me to buy a tablet until Win8 was announced. I had many discussions with friends about this and the conclusion that I came to is that current tablets are glorified R5,000 - R10,000 toys.
Office on tablet makes the decision to have a tablet more a need than a want.
As for the door logo - that door is opening. The next Win version is going to have a bright light beaming out of it so that even those in the dark can see it too.
Everything is optimised for multi device use.
WP8 Office (which includes Access) was also announced.
Link: http://vrge.co/LxEzRJ
You say opening, I say closing, and as for the light - it is not coming from Microsoft.
However, back to the subject of expensive things, how much money have people spent on Microsoft Office versions over the years only to end up getting the newer version of it and finding it even more difficult than ever before to get anything done in a reasonable amount of time? Microsoft appears to be on a mission to frustrate its customers.
Every new version of Microsoft Office should come with free in person and onsite training per licence purchased.
You will find many companies that currently have iPads as the tablet of choice will switch to a Windows Tablet purely for the Office stuff....
I can just see the integration stuff being an absolute godsend in big Corporates that run MS stuff.
Are you assuming that Microsoft won't release Office on Android and/or iOS?
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It'll be "light" versions, as you just can't do everything that needs to be done to make office work within the iOS framework.
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Nope, but like Frikkenator said, it will be the bare minimum type of release.
The version that will run on Windows Tablets will be much more powerful and have much better integration into the Enterprise.
Imagine having direct SharePoint integration on your tablet, it will be an absolute Enterprise killer feature.
And as for MS and Nokia coming to the party late.
Have a look at this 'Technology Adoption Lifecyle' page.
I think MS and Nokia are coming into the market aggressively and at the right time.
I believe tablet and smartphone adoption is right in the middle of the 'early adopters' stage. This is the stage when the products have broken the resistance barrier and the most number of people will be adopting the technology.
This is one of the many reasons why I believe they are going to succeed - immensely.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technol...tion_lifecycle
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