Google Attacks Microsoft Again: Android 4.4 Ships With Quickoffice 178
An anonymous reader writes "With Android 4.4 KitKat, Google's biggest blow to Microsoft isn't against Windows Phone. It's against Microsoft Office. You see, KitKat ships with Quickoffice, letting you edit Microsoft Office documents, spreadsheets, and presentations on the go, without paying a dime, straight out of the box. This tidbit was largely lost in the news yesterday, given the large number of improvements and new features that KitKat offers. Yet it's a very big deal: every Android user that upgrades to KitKat will get Google's Quickoffice, and every new Android device (starting with the Nexus 5) that ships with KitKat or higher will also get Quickoffice."
Google Uses Quick Office... (Score:5, Insightful)
It's NOT super effective.
Let's get real. An office-ish app on a smart phone is NOT a challenge to a full blown desktop office suite. To suggest that it is indicates an absolute lack of understanding of the user base and use cases for office suites.
War between Google and Microsoft getting hotter. (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:Google Uses Quick Office... (Score:2, Insightful)
So plug that mini-HDMI into your TV and get a Bluetooth keyboard. Is that challenge enough for you?
Re:Eh (Score:2, Insightful)
It's not. This is simply click bait.
Re:Microsoft all over again (Score:2, Insightful)
My SonyEricsson m600c did this back in 2006. Is this what passes for "innovation" at Google these days?
Re:I smell antitrust lawsuits (Score:5, Insightful)
I don't see how it could be considered antitrust to create something that competes with nothing.
Apple not MS (Score:5, Insightful)
This is more of an attack against Apple giving away the iWork package for free. MS is barely a blip on the radar.
Re:quickoffice is free and available to any Androi (Score:5, Insightful)
You can still install the newer version on Google Play if your tablet came installed with the old QuickOffice HD, I just did it on a Dell Streak 7.
Re:Actually, that's an OEM problem. (Score:2, Insightful)
If you are a Open Handset Alliance, you are not allowed to fork Android. Expulsion awaits if you do so. If you are not member of Open Handset Alliance, you are not allowed to use the Android trademark and include the app store (and other things) on your phone that runs the Android fork.
See the ugly truth at http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013/10/googles-iron-grip-on-android-controlling-open-source-by-any-means-necessary/
Open source means nothing to Google.