Eat your heart out Microsoft Office. On January 27, Apple introduced new iWork software for the Apple iPad. Apple’s new multi-touch iWork software suite is a take on a more popular office suite from Microsoft, but this version gives you power previously reserved for Tom Cruise in Minority Report.
To purchase an iPad it’s going to set you back at least $499, plus $9.95 for each of the software applications (word processor, spreadsheet, presentation software). Compare that to Office Professional 2007 which weighs in at $499.95, but obviously has more features and, oh, is productivity optimized; but, hey, when have spreadsheets ever been this much fun?
When these come out in a couple months you can expect to see a lot of authors writing iBooks and updating their blog posts in Starbucks on their iPads with the optional keyboard attachment. Apple is bringing the coolness factor to office productivity apps in a way we’ve never seen before — and who wouldn’t want to be caught in public updating their website or making last-minute changes to a presentation on a slab of science fiction?
