If you were looking for a way to edit Office documents on your iPad, but didn’t want to wait for Microsoft to offer it, you might have missed your opportunity this week. An app released by startup CloudOn provides iPad and iPad 2 users with Word, Excel, and Powerpoint access along with cloud storage and file browsing – but interest in CloudOn’s first release was overwhelming, forcing them to remove the app from the iPad App Store.
The company promises a return to the App Store once it can handle more users, though Wired reports facing some challenges with the free app. CloudOn hopes to use the free testing phase of the release to determine future pricing, among other things. Interested iPad owners can pre-register online to get notified when the app is released again.
CloudOn isn’t the first application to bring Office-editing to Apple’s iPad. While several paid apps offer similar Word, Excel, and PowerPoint features for the tablet – but the iPad market is still waiting to see if Microsoft comes through with its own Office version for iPad.
(Image and Story via Mashable)
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