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Microsoft Office headed to Nokia handsets

13 August 2009 11:31 by James "Dela" Delahunty | 3 comments

Nokia and Microsoft Corp. announced an agreement yesterday that will bring Microsoft Office software to Nokia smartphones. The software will coming with Nokia handsets from next year, and will include Microsoft Office Communicator Mobile, which will be followed by other applications.

"This agreement represents an important milestone for both companies and the industry," Stephen Elop, the president of Microsoft Business Division, said. "It's the first time Microsoft will develop rich Office Mobile applications for another smartphone platform. With more than 200 million smartphone customers globally, Nokia is the world's largest smartphone manufacturer and a natural partner for us."

Nokia smartphone users will be able to use popular Microsoft programs such as Word, PowerPoint, Excel and OneNote to edit and share Office documents, but both companies stressed they will be still rivals when it comes to mobile operating system software. "Nokia and Microsoft do compete in some areas and we will continue to do so," said Elop. "At Microsoft we remain deeply committed to Windows Mobile."

Kai Oistamo, Nokia's executive vice president for devices, said that the company is still totally dedicated to Symbian, but said Microsoft's applications will be of tremendous value to the operating system. When asked by reporters if the companies had come to this agreement to compete with Apple, they remarked that it is more of a response to the Blackberry. "It is really about creating a formidable challenge for RIM rather than anybody else," the Nokia executive said.

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Lothros (Junior Member) 13 August 2009 16:31
Not if it can handle XML it wont :D [ + quote]
ST2006 (Junior Member) 24 August 2009 19:54
*Originally posted by Lothros:* Not if it can handle XML it wont :D Lol custom I believe, but lool yeah too bad about that.. I swear Nokia phones have had office on it for a long time now?? Well, Quickoffice but blatantly based on the Microsoft suite... [ + quote]
KillerBug (Senior Member) 25 August 2009 6:16
Probably the same junk wanna-be-office that they include on Windows Mobile Devices. Current System: Windows 7 RC1, DFI M2RS, ATI 3870HD, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1600, Athlon 9950, 6GB Corsair DDR2, 3TB RAID 5, 750GB Raid-1, 500GB RAID-1, 640GB RAID-0 Boot, 3ware 9690SA, Adaptec 2610SA, Adaptec 1430SA, Intel Gigabit NIC (PCI), LG 20X Lightscribe DVDR, Coolmax 1200w Power Supply, Logitech G15(first edition), Logitech G5(Second Edition), modified dell poweredge 1800 server case. Overall configuration: Perfect chair, two 22" widescreens overhead, Logitech 5.1 Audio [ + quote]