Microsoft Office for the iPhone

I an weird and surprising move Microsoft finally released their iOS version of Office Mobile. This release is in many ways similar to what Microsoft is offering on their own Windows Phone, with one mayor exception:

On iOS you only get Office if you are an Office 365 subscriber - so basically not making this a free release to iPhone users.

The iPad version is not available yet.

PS4 wins?

This picture unfortnately says it all. Microsoft always - or almost always - on paradigm does not fit with their core audience (people still by that thing to play games - it is not just all TV, TV, TV).

iOS 7

iOS 7 is here - at least the developer preview. I installed yesterday and had almost no issues with this early version. The occasional App hang - but nothing that couldn't be resolved by reboot or App re-install.

The new desgin is great and the new functionality coming with this upgrade has been overdue. 

The Control Center is in particular useful and I am not sure how I lived without it until now. 

iTunes Radio is the other big one for me, as I like the integration with my music library.

I will write up some more in depth posts in the coming weeks looking at the new features in detail.

iOS 7 - which features will you get?

If you have an iPad2 you sure won't get many features...

iTunes Radio is availble only in the US - or, lets rephrase that. It is only available as long as you have an US iTunes account.

Windows Phone market share is forecast to grow from 2.4% to 12.7%

Over 1 billion Android-based smart phones to ship in 2017 | Canalys

Canalys predicts a huge increase in market share for Microsoft in an overall growing market.