You can create, edit on Office mobile apps for free in Microsoft
Now users of Apple's iPhone and its iPad tablet, or of devices running Google's Android
operating system will be able to create and edit Office content for
free. Before this, getting access to those capabilities required an
Office 365 subscription, which starts at $6.99 a month.Microsoft
is the latest company to embrace the concept of "freemium," where many
core aspects of a game or app are given away, but there's also an option
to pay for additional bells and whistles.
As part of the changes, Microsoft also decided to blow up Office for the iPhone, which included basic versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel all in one app. Instead, it's now providing three standalone apps of Word, PowerPoint and Excel with more capabilities, just like the company did with its Office for iPad apps.
These changes come just two days after Microsoft and cloud-storage company Dropbox unveiled a collaboration to allow users to access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit Office files from the Dropbox app.
As part of the changes, Microsoft also decided to blow up Office for the iPhone, which included basic versions of Word, PowerPoint and Excel all in one app. Instead, it's now providing three standalone apps of Word, PowerPoint and Excel with more capabilities, just like the company did with its Office for iPad apps.
These changes come just two days after Microsoft and cloud-storage company Dropbox unveiled a collaboration to allow users to access Dropbox directly from Office apps and edit Office files from the Dropbox app.
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