Jakarta Globe, AFP, Mar 24, 2015
Washington. Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.
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Washington. Microsoft on Monday unveiled partnerships with Samsung and other manufacturers to install its services including Word and Skype on devices powered by the rival Google Android system.
The move is
part of a push by Microsoft, which has been lagging in efforts to get Windows-powered
devices in the marketplace, to deliver services to consumers and businesses
using Apple and Android hardware.
Microsoft
said it was expanding a deal with Samsung — which had already agreed on
pre-installing Microsoft services on its high-end smartphones — to include some
tablets.
The deal
will provide Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive and Skype on
“select Samsung Android tablets,” a statement from the Redmond, Washington,
group said.
”Our
partnership with Samsung is emblematic of our efforts to bring the best of
Microsoft’s productivity services to everyone, on every device, so people can
be productive wherever, however and whenever they want,” said Peggy Johnson,
executive vice president of business development at Microsoft.
In a
separate statement, Johnson said 10 other hardware makers would also install
Microsoft services on their Android devices.
These firms
include US-based Dell, TrekStor of Germany, JP Sa Couto of Portugal, Datamatic
of Italy, DEXP of Russia, Hipstreet of Canada, QMobile of Pakistan, Tecno of
Africa, and Casper of Turkey, and Pegatron — a Taiwan-based firm which makes
devices for other brands.
”Original
device manufacturers are important because they extend Microsoft services to
the ecosystem,” Johnson said.
”More
specifically, they help to reach a greater number of other device
manufacturers, resulting in even more choice for customers around the world.
And for Microsoft, this is part of the company’s mobile-first, cloud-first
vision.”
Agence France-Presse
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