The software currently only runs on Windows Mobile devices, which have less market share than Nokia’s Symbian handsets. On Wednesday, Microsoft and Nokia unveiled a deal to put Office applications on Nokia’s Symbian-based mobile devices, a move that will help Microsoft reach more mobile business users with its Office Mobile suite.
In fact, Thursday’s announcement was the second the company made this week to expand its Office business, which next to Windows remains the main profit driver at Microsoft. Microsoft has definitely been feeling the pressure on its Office business not only from Apple’s gains in PC market share, but also from free or low-cost competitive applications from Google and others. That’s going to give Apple a pile of time to evangelize to folks.” “There are still some things Outlook could offer that Apple’s integration with Exchange might not offer-we’ll have to see. “Apple is going after business users with these types of features,” Gartenberg said of native Exchange support. With this move imminent, Microsoft’s inclusion of Outlook in Office for Mac at the end of next year might be too little, too late, he said. Unlike previous versions of Outlook, which allowed you to add an. However, Apple’s next version of Mac OS X, Snow Leopard, will include native support for Exchange Server when it’s released next month, which means business users can connect to Exchange data via Apple’s built-in Mail, iCal, and Address Book applications. You must have an Exchange email account and a valid copy of Outlook 2013, 2016 or 2019.
