{"id":1902,"date":"2013-04-17T07:59:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T07:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xicom.biz\/blog\/?p=1902"},"modified":"2025-01-27T06:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T06:09:48","slug":"awaiting-microsofts-office-for-ios-and-android-wait-until-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xicom.biz\/blog\/awaiting-microsofts-office-for-ios-and-android-wait-until-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Awaiting Microsoft\u2019s Office for iOS and Android? Wait Until 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past one year or so, we all have been ears to numerous speculations about Microsoft Office making \u2018the big launch\u2019 on Android and iOS platforms. And if you are one of those avid Office suite users, you must be keeping pace all this while with any updates relating this news. Why not? After all, aplenty users are hungry to have a bite of the accessible and workable mobile version of Microsoft\u2019s Word processor. But it seems that it will take Microsoft another year to serve your appetite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to a recent report, the iOS and Android versions of Microsoft Office, may not surface until the fall of 2014. According to ZDNet\u2019s Mary Jo Foley, who\u2019s got a chance to sneak peek into the actual roadmap devised by Microsoft, Outlook for Windows RT as well as Office for iOS and Android will surface in the mobile marketplace during the fall of 2014. This happens to be a year and a half away, by the way, farther away from what anyone could expect or hope. As noted by Mary, this roadmap which is codenamed as \u2018Gemini\u2019 indicates the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gemini Wave 1.0, Scheduled for October 2013:<\/strong> In this phase, Windows Blue App will get updated<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gemini Wave 1.5, Scheduled for April 2014:<\/strong> Windows phone support refresh, Office RT refresh, Office for Mac and Perceptive Pixel support<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gemini Wave 2.0, Scheduled for October 2014<\/strong>: Release of Office for iOS and Android, Outlook RT scheduled<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Windows official refrained from commenting on this roadmap, but Mary\u2019s sources reveal that this roadmap was devised as recently as the beginning of 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Amidst all this, it is essential to make a mention of one thing- very recently, i.e. in last October, a Czech subsidiary of Microsoft made an alleged promise that the launch of Office for iOS and Android devices will take place in 2013. However, Microsoft backed off from this promise. In an official statement the company accepted that the information shared by its representative in Czech Republic wasn\u2019t accurate. It also refrained from making any further comments on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Disappointed? Don\u2019t Be!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news isn\u2019t that good after all. It might have caused a wave of worry and disappointment amongst users and Android and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xicom.biz\/hire\/ios-app-developers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">iOS developers<\/a> alike. But according to Ms. Foley, there isn\u2019t any point in giving up on hope so soon. After all, release calendars and roadmaps are extremely flexible and subject to change. She notes that even after shipping targets in roadmaps, things can change and do change quite often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that being hopeful helps and the iOS and Android versions of the Office Suite are released soon. After all, a year and a half is a long way to go!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over the past one year or so, we all have been ears to numerous speculations about Microsoft Office making \u2018the big launch\u2019 on Android and iOS platforms. And if you are one of those avid Office suite users, you must be keeping pace all this while with any updates relating this news. Why not? 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