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Microsoft unveils Office Web Applications 2010, Mobile 2010

Tom Warren
13 July 2009 - 09:39
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Microsoft has officially revealed its Office Web Applications offerings ahead of the announcements at this years Worldwide Partner Conference today.

Company officials have posted several "what's new" videos onto the Microsoft Showcase site. The what's new videos range from Word through to Outlook and some highlight the Web Applications and "Microsoft Mobile 2010". Blogger Long Zheng noticed the videos on Microsoft's site today.

Office Web Applications 2010

In the what's new video for Office Web Applications 2010, Word, Powerpoint and Excel are demonstrated. Microsoft also confirms these work on PC or Mac and in Firefox as can be seen below.

Office Web Applications are part of Microsoft's "software plus services" initiative where the company plans to deliver all its technology in this way. As part of the next release of Office, Microsoft are planning Office Web applications - lightweight versions of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote - through a browser. Running these new applications will allow individuals to use a browser to create, edit, and share Office documents wherever they are. Microsoft wants to provide a consistent Office experience, regardless of whether users are accessing their Office documents through the PC, phone, or browser.

Microsoft Mobile 2010

In the what's new video for Mobile 2010, Microsoft demonstrates Mobile document viewers. Viewers allow company's to render Office documents server side, allowing "just about" every smart phone on the market to view the documents without needing to download them. This includes iPhones and Blackberry's.

Comments (37)

  1. .Neo - 13 July 2009 - 10:03

    Can't imagine myself seriously working with Office inside a browser. However, it's a nice project for the long-term.

  2. +Bemani Dog - 13 July 2009 - 12:10

    It looks to be a good way to take mobile apps with you, or use apps on clean installations before you are able to install Office.

  3. .Neo - 13 July 2009 - 17:27

    It takes maybe 10 minutes to install Microsoft Office or Apple iWork on my Mac after an Erase & Install of Mac OS X. I think I'll manage. :P

  4. andrewbares - 13 July 2009 - 22:04

    Why do people use Google Docs? Apparently some ppl do.

  5. Ambroos - 13 July 2009 - 10:03

    The online versions really look almost identical to the offline version, very nicely done!

  6. GP007 - 13 July 2009 - 11:16

    Yup, and that mobile shot looks nice as well. Though I wonder if that's real or more of a concept at this point?

  7. +Bemani Dog - 13 July 2009 - 12:09

    GP007 said,
    Yup, and that mobile shot looks nice as well. Though I wonder if that's real or more of a concept at this point?

    Financial Times says it's real.

  8. RaidenX - 13 July 2009 - 10:04

    The woman in the video is speaking waaaaay to slow

  9. master2k27 - 13 July 2009 - 10:08

    Yea but it looks good

  10. Ambroos - 13 July 2009 - 12:11

    RaidenX said,
    The woman in the video is speaking waaaaay to slow :)

    Looks like she got high on Office!

  11. linuxboynz - 13 July 2009 - 10:08

    MS using Firefox in their vids!! OMG!

  12. master2k27 - 13 July 2009 - 10:14

    it is just to show it works

  13. GraphiteCube - 13 July 2009 - 10:15

    linuxboynz said,
    :o MS using Firefox in their vids!! OMG!

    Web applications are useless if they works on specific browser(s) only.

  14. +dead.cell - 13 July 2009 - 15:28

    I'm really glad to see Microsoft not being tight-asses about it too. Really nice to see it working in Firefox.

    (and yes, I apologize for bringing this up, but just thought it'd be a bit funny if it didn't work in Opera)

  15. +shinji257 - 13 July 2009 - 16:58

    dead.cell said,
    I'm really glad to see Microsoft not being tight-asses about it too. Really nice to see it working in Firefox.

    (and yes, I apologize for bringing this up, but just thought it'd be a bit funny if it didn't work in Opera)

    Considering that Firefox has about 30% of the market I think it would be in Microsoft's best interest to make sure that it worked in both IE and Firefox. I mean they develop Office for Mac too.

  16. +Relativity_17 - 13 July 2009 - 10:29

    Haha - "Half our competitor's price, DOUBLE the caffeine!"

  17. Tarrant64 - 13 July 2009 - 11:46

    Looks like all the links are dead/removed.

    EDIT:
    Nevermind: Finished reading the blog...

    Google Cache it -> http://74.125.153.132/search?hl=en&client=...%2F&btnG=Search

    There are no longer videos however.

  18. Tarrant64 - 13 July 2009 - 16:56

    Tarrant64 said,
    Looks like all the links are dead/removed.

    EDIT:
    Nevermind: Finished reading the blog...

    Google Cache it -> http://74.125.153.132/search?hl=en&client=...%2F&btnG=Search

    There are no longer videos however.

    Couldn't edit my own post. :)

    Looks like it's been restored.

  19. geoken - 13 July 2009 - 13:02

    Will these use Silverlight?

  20. andrewbares - 13 July 2009 - 22:05

    I hope so!

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