After years of waiting, Microsoft Office has finally hit iOS. Available for iPhone, “Office Mobile for Office 365 Subscribers” lets you create and edit Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on your phone, just as you would on your computer. The app is free but requires an Office 365 subscription, which costs $100 per year or $10 per month. Office 365 is Microsoft’s newest iteration of its Office suite, which launched earlier this year. An Office 365 subscription gives five computers – Windows or Mac – and five mobile devices access to the Office suite of programs. Want to see if Office on iOS is better than the iWork suite? Try Office 365 for a month and let me know what you think. If you’re waiting for an iPad version of Office, though, don’t hold your breath. A tablet version would leave customers little incentive to pick up a Surface Pro. But for you iPhone users out there with an Office 365 subscription, go grab the app today and become instantly more productive.
About Shelly Palmer
Shelly Palmer is the Professor of Advanced Media in Residence at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications and CEO of The Palmer Group, a consulting practice that helps Fortune 500 companies with technology, media and marketing. Named LinkedIn’s “Top Voice in Technology,” he covers tech and business for Good Day New York, is a regular commentator on CNN and writes a popular daily business blog. He's a bestselling author, and the creator of the popular, free online course, Generative AI for Execs. Follow @shellypalmer or visit shellypalmer.com.