I;ve gotten a few reader queries asking regarding the status with the Apple-Microsoft deal by way of which Apple allegedly licensed Microsoft;s ActiveSync protocol for the iphone. Apple nonetheless hasn;t announced anything apart from IMAP for Exchange synchronization,
Microsoft Office Professional 2007, so what offers, they ask.Very good query. All I can tell you is I listen to the offer is signed and sealed. Apple may be holding off on a big-bang announcement until the fall. Not sure. Neither Microsoft nor Apple has denied the licensing offer was signed; both are basically saying no comment.Meanwhile, Microsoft is speaking in regards to the reality the iPhone supports Microsoft;s Open XML formats. Inside a posting to his blog on July 17, Workplace System Supervisor Brian Jones mentioned:“I was looking into the iPhone today and it looks like it has support not just for .doc, .xls, .pdf, and .html; but also has for .docx and .xlsx. Pretty cool! I saw this in their product documentation: That;s all I;ve got for now. Stay tuned.