CloudOn Review: The Best Way of Getting MS Office on an Apple iPad?
23.02.12
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CloudOn's iPad app -- and the associated CloudOn.com web site -- offer iPad users a somewhat watered-down version of the notebook/desktop PC user's holy grail: access to Microsoft Office's Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications. For many iPad owners, this might be good enough, but for others, perhaps not.
One reason why many users hold off on switching from a notebook PC to an Apple iPad -- or from carrying both -- is because they need to be able to use Microsoft Office: specifically Word, Excel and/or PowerPoint. Currently, Microsoft does not offer iOS app versions of Office. Rumors periodically surface, but as of early February 2012, there's nothing official to report.

The CloudOn app and associated service represent one type of solution to this issue, although there are a number of others. CloudOn for iPad requires iOS 4.2 or later, along with a Dropbox.com account to hold your files. CloudOn does not provide any storage, just "Office-As-A-Service." Currently, there's no charge for either the CloudOn app or for an account on the CloudOn site. Conveniently, you can get a free Dropbox account with 2GB of space, and you can buy up to 100GB.
Source: Tablet PC Review