Microsoft Office for iPhone? Please, No!

[Guest]

This is the most pointles post I've ever seen on this site.
Have you thought about it BEFORE you posted? Because I don't think so...

 

[BallistaMan]

Above all, the idea of making Mac users pay for office mobile amuses me.

You sir just made my day. I don't see what's wrong with it. All of the iPhone users I've met have at least once expressed that they wished they could really edit documents on it. I don't think anybody intends to write full fledged reports on it (except maybe a college student late with a term paper 😛), but for making that quick change when meeting over lunch, I think it'd be worth having.

 

[tayb]

That has got to be the most ass backwards reasoning for not wanting an application that I have ever heard of. "If we put Office in here it becomes an "ultramobile device" and that is somehow a bad thing? You can't even come up with a non-ridiculous argument and another example is phones having good cameras?

Someone please tell me this is a joke and Tom's doesn't actually hire people this stupid to write articles.

 

[rocpile]

so what if it isn't easy to use, why is office on iphone a bad thin
g?

 

[grieve]

I think office would be great for simple modifications… I don’t see myself using it all that often but it certainly beats finding a laptop or PC to make a simple edit.

 

[Guest]

Already made the switch, I haven't needed a microsoft product in years and I don't need one tomorrow.

 

[ADM-86]

[citation][nom]anon2222[/nom]Already made the switch, I haven't needed a microsoft product in years and I don't need one tomorrow.[/citation]

you see the future then.....interesting.

 

[danimal_the_animal]

don't want it....don't BUY IT!

is it REALLY THAT HARD!!!!!

 

[pmerritt]

considering the office programs have been on windows mobile devices for years why would it sound ridiculous to be offered on iPhone? in fact, if the author doesn't see that mobile phones ARE the ultra portable devices of the future then you are sadly mistaken. More and more phones are becoming full service devices, not the other way around.

 

[jackleung]

What's the point of this article(or blog??)? Does it hurt to have extra functionality? Apple fans always claims they don't need this or they don't need that. But look at how they react when some missing features finally get announced (e.g. Many BT profiles like A2DP, internet sharing, multi-tasking) ?

 

[Yoder54]

Hmm... In one breath MS is quick to attack Apple, and in the next they want to capitalize off of them. Instead of muddying their faces with their wish-washy attacks against Mac's, maybe MS could garner some credibility if they assumed more of an allied stance with Apple.

 

[ravenware]

If you want a phone, buy a phone,

LMAO, then why buy the iPhone?

If some one wants to do work on their phone let em.
What do you care anyway? Its not like you have to install it.

 

[Greg_77]

Hope it can be used on the ipod touch

 

[gimarbazat]

latest technology gadgets are not for women.. and why am I reading tech news written by college girls ??...

 

[Guest]

Granted composing documents from scratch would be hard work, but it'd be great for quick edits. Also setting up a spreadsheet on your PC, then plug in the numbers you need while on the go would be handy too. And as someone already mentioned, it's a great way to review your powerpoint presentation without carrying around a laptop or wasting paper. And if they have outlook in it then it might sync better with a PC. Plenty of benefits to have Office on the iphone.

 

[okibrian]

If you can edit Office files on your iPhone it may become a requirement from your job. I can see my boss now sending me a three page Word document and asking me to do some work on it. Do you really want to edit large Word or Excel files on an iPhone? I think I would blow my cork if I had to edit a large file on that little thing. Just viewing is fine for me.

 

[nadavp3]

If you take Iphone, toss in external keybord (with a stand for the Iphone), then toss in say Office+Visual Studio, and prhaps secendery CPU (Atom?) that only works when you plug the phone to the power... you basickly end up with a tiny laptop that acts as a phone\mp3\portable dvd watcher and what not

perfect? hell toss in PortView and even stronger GPU and your golden

 

[resonance451]

Scary possibility? You guys have come unhinged. Keep NEWS separate from EDITORIALS. Do you not understand the difference?

Jesus.

PS - NO ONE CARES. It's Office, not world domination.

 

[ikliptic]

IKLIPTIC

I have to agree with tayb. I mean no disrespect but Tomshardware is a information portal I have been watching since probably 1998 and proud of the site and what it has offered. This review or rather opinion was not only strange but ignorant bashing free market competition? MS should not make Office for the iPhone; yet there is an equal offering from another developer so they should not? Should someone besides Adobe be the only provider of a PDF reader and if someone else does it Adobe should not? You apparently have little use for a SMARTPHONE as it is used for a multitude of things, if you only want email, browsing and the occasional picture get a SIDEKICK. Your the same chick who bashed the watchphone and said it was "LAME" completely alienating those geeks who are interested in new and different tech - if you're not a geek for tech leave TomsHardware, if you are a geek then relish in the new offerings as it opens new paths for many more companies and individuals. Without people like myself and others you would not have the job you have today that you have been on as of this month 2 years with no other journalistic experience. Leave the crap journalism to Glen Bek and the other morons get back to the roots of what Ton's has always been about. Technology and geekyness. Much Love.

 

[Guest]

Thats the most shortsighted tech article i've ever read.

So in your view of the worlf i'm out and someone emails me an important document i need to carry a laptop with me at all times to make minor edits.

The whole purpose of a smart phone is that it handels everything. Sure, I completly agree with he notion right tool for the right job, but a PDA's job is not to produce whole documents, its to give you access to all of your needs wherever your are. If i need to make a quick edit, then it saves me alot of hassle if i can do it on the phone.

 

[Guest]

Poor Tom....Still living in the dark ages...I guess, you must be on of those guys that used to wear multiple devices on your belt and still like to do that...pages, palm pilot, walkman etc...and now you are suggesting we do the same...iphone, camera, etc...Dude its the 21st century, I like most people do not want to carry multiple devices on our belt or pocket...We want one device that most of these functions nicely....Ever heard of Samsung Omnia HD, Nokia N97 and even Iphone 3Gs. So MS Office would be a nice addition. If you don't like it, then stick to buying multiple devices and wear it around your waist, neck or whatever pleases you.