Google's Quickoffice Purchase Takes Aim At Windows 8

alphadogg writes "Google announced Tuesday it has acquired Quickoffice, whose software could bolster Google Apps on tablets and smartphones. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed. Google's second buyout in two days (yesterday it announced the acquisition of social/advertising company Meebo) gives the company more ammunition in its fight for the mobile office versus Microsoft, which is steaming ahead with Windows 8 and its Office apps. Quickoffice offers apps for Android and Apple iOS tablets and smartphones, but it's unclear what will become of the iOS ones under Google's domain."

Comments

Re:Apple's weakness is in the office suite

[Calos]

iWork seems to be pretty decent for most things. I don't have much experience myself but I know others who use it regularly, except when needing something with the power of Excel.

Re:Apple's weakness is in the office suite

[k(wi)r(kipedia)]

Not to worry. If Apple feels really threatened, it has enough money to buy any other online or offline office suite manufacturer. Corel? Zoho? And don't count out Apple's own iWork, which is probably good enough for users that find QuickOffice and Google Docs good enough.

Re:Apple's weakness is in the office suite

[TheRaven64]

Apple provides iWork on iOS and OS X. Apple has a licensing deal with Microsoft that gives them access to the file formats for office, and can work moderately well with them. On OS X, for example, you can view PowerPoint presentations and Word documents in QuickView from the Finder.

Horrible

[imamac]

Quickoffice has some of the worst reviews for an office app on iOS. 1-2 stars. I would think Google could afford something a but better.