Re: [applekeynote] Powerpoint on the iPhone

Be patient, Grasshopper.

If you were a paid IT shill working in the Enterprise setting, the inclusion of iWork first would hardly inspire confidence that Apple is serious about playing in my sandbox.

By talking up Powerpoint, there's no denying Apple IS serious about installing the iPhone as THE enterprise portable device.

I don't think Steve loves we Keynote users any less, but there are various ways to storm the parapets, and using Powerpoint and its Office sibs is the preferred way to go. It won't be long before either Apple or a third party enables iWork too. Anything that gets more Apple into the enterprise setting is probably doing more good than bad for the platform. Me, still waiting to hear how the iPhone game will be played out in Australia in the next few months.

Les

On 08/03/2008, at 1:33 PM, Edward R. Cross wrote:

According to an Apple official press release the iPhone 2.0 software is going to allow PowerPoint, Word and Excel viewing, which is great news for Office users, but no mention of iWorks apps: Keynote, Pages or Numbers. 

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2008/03/06iphone.html
"In addition to these new iPhone network and security features, the beta iPhone 2.0 software provides several new Mail features such as the ability to view PowerPoint attachments, in addition to Word and Excel, as well as the ability to mass delete and move email messages." 

Have Mac users become the red-headed step-child? Has it become more important for Apple to support Microsoft Office and Enterprise customers rather than customers who have supported Apples own iWork suite? 

Are we iWork users supposed to take Apple serious regarding their commitment to their own software customer base? They most certainly will never usurp Office, if they abandon their own faithful consumers. I am not opposed to Office support, but the lack of iWork application support is ridiculous. The lack of supporting an integrated to-do list of their own iCal software is insane. Must we all switch to the Microsoft Enterprise Solutions to get a fully functioning smart phone, now? 

As a Windows switched to Mac user, I see this iPhone roadmap as having an awful lot of potholes and detours that appear to be leading back to Microsoft from which I was trying to get away. Is it too much to ask that Apple support it's own software on it's Apple iPhone?

I for one would like to be able to put my keynote presentations on my iPhone, how about you all?

Ed Cross

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Keynote is only part of iWork. To learn/ask more about Pages or Numbers check out the iWork yahoo group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/iwork/"

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