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Microsoft getting closer to delivering OneNote for the iPad?

By | December 12, 2011, 8:13am PST

Summary: Microsoft may be getting closer to delivering an iPad-optimized version of OneNote, one of the components of its Office suite.

There’s an updated version of Microsoft’s OneNote electronic note-taking application available in the Apple store, as of December 12.

The new 1.3 OneNote update advertises itself as being available for not just for the iPhone, but also the iPad. It seems the iPad version isn’t really available yet, despite the wording, however.

Microsoft delivered an iPhone version of OneNote in January 2011. While it worked on the IPad, it wasn’t optimized for it.

Microsoft officials have remained mum about when and if they would deliver an iPad-optimized version of OneNote. More recently, there have been rumors circulating that Microsoft plans to roll out some kind of Office suite for the iPad in 2012 — something the Softies still have not confirmed. OneNote is one component of Microsoft Office.

The new 1.3 update includes general performance and reliability updates, as well as support for Tables in notebooks, according to the blurb on the iTunes store entry. “Microsoft OneNote for iPad is now available; download it from the iTunes App Store,” the same blurb says.

Another seeming change with the 1.3 release: The new update is free for up to 500 created/edited notes. After that point, users are advised to move to either the free OneNote Web App (the Webified version of OneNote) or to pay $4.99 for an unlimited version of the OneNote for iPhone app.

I’ve asked Microsoft officials if and when they expect OneNote for the iPad to be available for download. No word back so far.

(Thanks to PicturePan2 who first reported this news on LiveSino.Net for the tip.)

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Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 25 years for a variety of publications, including ZDNet, eWeek and Baseline. She has kept close tabs on Microsoft strategy, products and technologies for the past 10 years. In the late 1990s, she penned the award-winning "At The Evil Empire" column for ZDNet, and more recently the Microsoft Watch blog for Ziff Davis.

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RE: Microsoft getting closer to delivering OneNote for the iPad?
Ron_007 13th Dec
This MS Blog entry says they are: http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2011/12/12/more-options-for-office-users-on-the-go.aspx
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neonspark 12th Dec
they better have it for windows 8 otherwise it would be like sinking your own ship to make a few charity bucks out of which apple takes a third. stupid, like office for ipad.
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RE: Microsoft getting closer to delivering OneNote for the iPad?
Andy Blevins 12th Dec
Can't wait for this to be available - even better . . . . when is Lync going to be available? I'm tired of using Xync on my iPad for Lync IM/conferencing!

Thanks Mary Jo
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Lync on iPad
Mary Jo Foley 12th Dec
Maybe that will be today... That was the expectation last week. Many believed it would roll out simultaneously with Lync for Win Phone (which is in the Win Phone marketplace now):

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/microsoft-lync-mobile-clients-for-iphone-ipad-android-and-windows-phone-ready-to-roll/11379

If/when I hear more, I'll do a post. MJ
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MS Office for iOS?
Rcarver 12th Dec
OneNote is nice, but MS Office for iOS devices? For crying out loud, just do it already! Even many of us Mac users would prefer MS Office over the current Apple office offerings.
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kenosha77a 12th Dec
@Rcarver

Perhaps MS is waiting for Apple to release the next generation of iPad with it's rumored A6 SoC. If the A6 increases performance over the A5 as much as the A5 did over the original A4, than a "robust" implementation of Office for tablets might prove very desirable.
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RE: Microsoft getting closer to delivering OneNote for the iPad?
kenosha77a 12th Dec
Just out of curiosity, Mary Joe, but if MS releases a version of Office optimized for tablets at or around the same time Apple releases its third generation of the iPad, will you update your iPad to the gen 3 model with Office or will you wait a few more months for a Win 8 tablet? (A tough choice.)
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It is a tough choice
toddybottom 12th Dec
I tried a few Windows 7 tablets and they were truly awful. MS might have called it "pinch and zoom" but it was more like "pinch and wait and wait and wait and zoom the wrong amount and pinch and wait and wait and wait and zoom the wrong amount and pinch and wait and wait and wait and zoom the wrong amount and give up in frustration".

Windows 8 tablets don't just need to be a little bit better. They need to be a LOT better.
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bitcrazed 12th Dec
@toddybottom I am thoroughly enjoying using my Samsung Slate running Windows8. It's faster than a cat in a dog pound and as responsive as my iPad.

And it's nowhere near done yet!

Can't wait to see how Win8 shapes up when the beta arrives (placing my bet on Feb 14th 2012 :))
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I am doing a wait and see
Mary Jo Foley 12th Dec
I am going to wait and see what Windows 8 tablets look like. If I like what's released next year, I will definitely buy one (either ARM or Intel-based -- leaning toward ARM). If I don't, I may upgrade to a new iPad. .. MJ
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Ants5040 12th Dec
I think I'll stick with Evernote on my iPad!
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They released it late in the day on December 12, 2011
ShockMe 13th Dec
Unfortunately, it has no drawing tools or inking ability.
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RE: Microsoft getting closer to delivering OneNote for the iPad?
Ron_007 13th Dec
This MS Blog entry says they are: http://blogs.office.com/b/office_blog/archive/2011/12/12/more-options-for-office-users-on-the-go.aspx

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