The photograph Microsoft has said is faked A photograph from The Daily newspaper showing a version of Microsoft Office running on the Apple iPad is a fake, Redmond says.
In Tuesday's edition, the iPad-only paper claimed it had gone hands-on with a working prototype, featuring Word, Excel and Powerpoint in one complete application.
The report asserted that Microsoft had completed design work on the suite, which would soon be submitted to the App Store for approval.
However, the software giant has issued a statement saying the report is inaccurate speculation, while the photograph illustrating The Daily's report is a fake.
Daily denialA spokesperson said: "The Daily story is based on inaccurate rumors and speculation," while a separate rep told Zdnet the photo is not a picture of a real Microsoft software product.
Microsoft, which is definitely developing the suite for Windows 8 tablets also refused to be drawn on whether it's even working on a version for the iPad.
In a further twist, on Tuesday evening, The Daily's editor told Zdnet's Mary-Jo Foley on Twitter: "We didn't fabricate either image. A working version of the app was demonstrated to us by someone at Microsoft."
The plot thickens, but one thing is for sure: Someone's telling porkies.
Via: Zdnet Tags: Office for iPad, Microsoft Office, Apple iPad, Microsoft WordTweetreddit!StumbleuponComment on this article Your comments (5) Click to add a new commentbradavon5. The trouble is, on tablets, iPad is king. Unless Microsoft can be successful they risk no one uses Office on tablets.
Agreed it is a USP though.
Alert a moderatorkasser4. The Win8 tablets biggest USPs are the office suites, wouldn't make sense to do so.
Its like RIM announcing BBM on other devices...
What they have?
Alert a moderatorblackbetty3. Hmm who do I trust the least? I have Microsoft methinks.
Alert a moderatormadjedi2. A Rupert Murdoch newspaper caught making up a story? What a surprise. And if it is true but leaked early then that isn't much better.
Alert a moderatorbradavon1. Maybe MS doesn't want to let the cat out of the bag just yet.
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