Microsoft Office Available on Android and Apple Mobiles in 2013

It is now known that Microsoft will present the version of the Office 2013 as a productivity suite to be available on Android and Apple Mobiles and Tablets, however the timeline for the availability was not previously known until it was stated a plan of the Office 2013 where its general availability is scheduled to arrive early in 2013.

Furthermore, it now also know Office 2013 will be available in December 2012 for corporate users, however the consumer versions of home office 2013 will only become available not before February 2013.  Furthermore, Office 365 for mobile devices and tablets will appear in March 2013.

Microsoft stated "Office Mobile will work across Windows Phones, Android phones and iOS." Also in a recent development Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer wrote a letter that contains a vision that Microsoft is shifting its model to focus on devices and services.

Windows Phone 7 “The World Doesn’t Need Another Platform” says Android

PC Magazine posted earlier an interesting interview with Android chief Andy Rubin.  From the interview it was mentioned the Android rivals. It was well noted a particular emphasis with regards to Microsoft’s upcoming Windows Phone 7.  It was stated by Andy Rubin  “the world doesn’t need another platform.”

Furthermore, it was stated that the Windows Phone 7 looks “interesting” but no value is apparent, particularly when the Android system is already out there. “Android is free and open; I think the only reason you create another platform is for political reasons”.

Previously, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has made clear his opinion on Android being free: it’s not free, you have to pay patent fees for it, due to Microsoft.

Rubin expands his thoughts on Android versus Windows Phone 7:

I encourage everybody to use it, but I’m also not under the impression that everybody will use it, which is a good thing, because competition is good for the consumer and if somebody has an an idea for a feature or a piece of functionality in their platform and Android doesn’t do it, great. I think it’s good to have the benefit of choice, but in the end I don’t think the world needs another platform.

It was argued that the key strength of Android lies in Google’s ability to create mashups of many services, following their cloud computing vast experience.