Nokia & Microsoft plan Mobile Office deal
Microsoft may announce on Wednesday about their partnership with Nokia in order to put their office in Nokia mobile phones. Microsft is trying to capture all the markets by putting their own office softwares in most of the market of PC, web and mobile phones.
Microsoft already cleared that their newer version will have browser based versions of Excel, Word and Powerpoint so that you can use them directly from your browser without the need of opening them separately. ANd regarding phones, they are on the track to let it on most of the mobile phones by 2010. As of now only those mobile phones which has Windows Mobile as their OS are having the native office versions.Microsoft is looking for ways to strengthen its Office franchise into one that maintains its relevance and market share even as the PC becomes just one of many devices people use to access their information. Office is also vital to Microsoft’s fiscal health, with much of the company’s profits still coming from Windows and Office.
Although Nokia and Microsoft have long been rivals in the phone business, the two have also struck deals at times. Nokia already has a license that allows its phones to connect to Exchange Servers using Microsoft’s ActiveSync protocol. In 2007, Microsoft also struck a deal with Nokia to have Windows Live services run on the Finnish company’s phones.
The deal comes even as Microsoft is trying to figure out how to keep its Windows Mobile operating system in the game amid stiff competition from Nokia in Europe as well as Apple’s iPhone, RIM’s BlackBerry, and an emerging threat from devices running Google’s Android operating system.
Expanding Office to other mobile devices may help that business, but at the same time takes away one of the areas where Windows Mobile had a leg up on rivals–its direct compatibility with Office.
Microsoft may announce on Wednesday about their partnership with Nokia in order to put their office in Nokia mobile phones. Microsft is trying to capture all the markets by putting their own office softwares in most of the market of PC, web and mobile phones.
Microsoft already cleared that their newer version will have browser based versions of Excel, Word and Powerpoint so that you can use them directly from your browser without the need of opening them separately. ANd regarding phones, they are on the track to let it on most of the mobile phones by 2010. As of now only those mobile phones which has Windows Mobile as their OS are having the native office versions. Read the rest of this entry »
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