The Microsoft founder Bill Gates does not believe the tablet iPad introduced by Apple in late January will become a mass product. According to Gates iPad is interesting to the general public that want to possess the capabilities of a tablet-PC. Bill Gates cited the shortcomings of the new device the lack of recognition out loud, the possibility of introducing a pen, a physical keyboard, ie, it is only a good reader for electronic books. The founder of Microsoft, adding that unlike the iPhone, iPad is a better device than existing solutions.

Nintendo president Satoru Iuata was also critical to iPad and he stated that the new product has no surprises and only represents “a big iPhone”. Sony also intend to enter tablet market with a similar product.

Bill Gates criticizes Apple iPad

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Like Google, from Microsoft also decided to run special application for the iPhone, revealing more opportunities for search engine Bing. Bing for iPhone can be downloaded from today.

The app has a pretty nice interface and includes almost all of the features offered in the original version of the search engine. Bing for iPhone opens with a different wallpaper every day. In addition showing interesting quotes. You can search for photos, videos, maps, news and more. Results page also has a very interesting design. Overall, the application is very beautiful and very easy to use.

According to TechCrunch, the application works perfectly and has no bugs. Bing for iPhone can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.

Microsoft has Released Bing for iPhone

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Microsoft consider the opportunity to release their own office package for iPhone said Stephen Elop, business unit president of Microsoft, quoted by TechCrunch.

Commenting on Web 2.0 Expo events, Elop implied that his company will release an iPhone version of Office but it is not expected soon.

The appearance of office package for iPhone will make the Apple smartphone more attractive to business users. They will be able to view and edit documents in the most popular formats.

However analysts warn that Microsoft can harm its own mobile operating system Windows Mobile this way. One of its advantages are the most popular office package support.

Microsoft already gave license to Apple for MS Exchange support which is one of the main requirements of business users.

Microsoft plan to release Office for iPhone

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