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Microsoft supposedly hard at work on Office for Android

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Microsoft Office for iPad was a raging success, blowing away download records. It seemed that there were plenty of people who wanted the full office suite available on their iPad, but Android tablet owners don’t get to join in on the fun.

Well it looks like they won’t be left out in the cold for much longer as Microsoft is allegedly hard at work preparing for the release of Office for Android.

The Redmond-based tech giant has been working on a private Beta of the Office for Android software; there used to be a sign-up page online, but it’s been since taken down.

It certainly makes sense for Microsoft to make the software available for Android tablets. Office is synonymous with productivity: Word and Excel are staples of almost any workplace, and the tablet software will sync perfectly with your MS Office suite through OneDrive.

Now Microsoft isn’t confirming anything as of yet, but it would be foolish on the part of the company to leave Android tablet owners hanging. Office for iPad had over 27 million downloads in 46 days and with sales of Samsung’s tablets neck and neck with the iPad, it makes sense for Microsoft to address the sizable Android tablet market.

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