The easy (for the general population) answer is MS Office- even if MS develops an iOS version I'd bet a week's pay they won't do it for Android. The ability to tinker with it is one of Android's biggest draws, and this makes it even more functional for those that like to have complete control over their device/OS.
On Feb 4, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Jason Service <[email protected]> wrote: > But does Windows have any apps i woudl want to run on my Droid? > > On Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> Wine coming to Android, will run Windows apps on Google's mobile OS >> >> >> Android apps on Windows? Been there, done that. Try running Windows programs >> on Android for size. Alexandre Julliard, the developer behind the Wine >> compatibility layer, gave an update about an ARM-friendly flavor of the >> software and showed off a version that runs on Android at the 2013 Free and >> Open source Software Developers' European Meeting. According to Phoronix, >> the demo of a Windows app running on Android was "horrendously slow," but >> Julliard chalks that up to the fact that the sample was chugging along on an >> Android emulator. Wine for Mountain View's OS is said to be an active >> work-in-progress, so there's no word on when it might find its way into the >> wild just yet. >> >> Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets >> >> Comments >> >> Source: Phoronix >> >> >> >> Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/04/wine-android-windows-apps/ >> >> (via Mr. Reader) >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
