Microsoft releases ipad, iphone and Android office for free

Absrtact: A few days ago, Microsoft announced a deep integration of office and Dropbox, and today the company has come up with blockbuster news for the ipad, iphone and Android Office for free. In addition, the company has released a new iphone Office app with integrated Dropbox services, and

A few days ago, Microsoft had just announced a deep integration of office and Dropbox, and today the company has made a blockbuster announcement to free the ipad, iphone and Android office. In addition, the company has released a new iphone office app with integrated Dropbox Services, as well as a preview version of Android Office.

As mentioned earlier, although Dropbox users can directly open documents such as Word, Excel, and PowerPoint through integration with Office, editing these documents still requires Office 365 services to be ordered. When the mobile end is free, users no longer need Office 365 accounts to process documents on the mobile side. But some advanced features, such as chart element customization and change tracking, are still limited to paying-for-users.

And this free measure is for consumer users only. OneDrive for business users and Dropbox enterprise users still need to order Office 365 services to edit documents on the mobile side.

This is a bold step for a former software giant with a cash cow with Windows operating systems and office suites, which is commendable. If not implemented free of charge, the market will be Google Docs, Apple Iworks, Cloudon and other free services such as the encroachment. Instead of waiting for someone else to make their own lives, it is better to lower their posture, take the initiative, after all, Microsoft also has a large desktop customer base, mobile office implementation free of charge can effectively maintain this large group. For Microsoft, the move is also a continuation of the Web App free strategy to the mobile end.