Office 365 Home Premium ?

I hope this is the correct area to post this question. I figured I could get an answer here faster than from MS.

I am trying to find out about the licensing for this product. It includes 5 licenses for PC/Mac and 5 licenses for mobile devices. My question are tablets considered mobile devices or not. I have searched the internet and MS site and have not been able to find and answer.

Thanks is advance

 

Have you tried logging on to the MS mobile apps site from your iPad and trying to download it?

Office

 

Anything running the full version of windows: computer. Can't you can run the iPhone version Office on the iPad upscaled (which doesn't look too good), mobile devices mostly refer to iPhones and Android smartphones.

 

From what I recall only Office as another said is for M$ devices not Android or iPhone. I think those mobile devices are Windows devices only not Android or iPhone. I think you might want to look at your license agreement when you bought it and that should state in there what devices will work with Office 365. That is something one should clearly go over with a fine tooth comb.

 

You recall incorrectly. I have Office 365, and I just checked. There are five licenses for desktop and five separate mobile licenses. These can be downloaded for Windows, Android, and iPhone. The iPhone version, in theory, should work on an iPad but probably is not optimized for it.

 

Pretty much, Windows Phone comes with Office on it already so there is no need for a mobile version for it, Windows RT has Office RT and full fledged Windows 8 counts as a computer as far as Office is concerned. That basically leaves iOS and Android for mobile devices.

 

Well then I stand corrected if that is the case but that's good to know but I wouldn't use it on mobile even if you paid me just think of the charges the Phone company will make off of you just using your data plan and if you data is not big enough well you can guess how those rate charges will be like...skyhigh. No for me Office 2013 on my desktop and laptop works just fine and guess what "NO Yearly Charges" to use something I can use day in and out without fear of going over my data plan and seeing those rate hikes. Mobile devices rates are high enough as they are I am one surely not going to give them a reason to jack on my data plan should one go over it. Oh by the way I have unlimited data plan but you won't see my using Office 365 and not going to pay their outrageous money just to use something I can do on my Desktop and Laptop - I have more real estate space on there to see and work on my projects.

 

To be fair, Office 365 isn't really more expensive than buying a new version of Office if and that is a rather big if, you were to buy every new version of Office when it comes out. Obvisouly, if you are using Office on only one computer or two and won't buy every new release, then it makes no financial sense what so ever to get Office 365. I only got 365 because I bought the university version which is 4 years of subscription, two installs for the measly sum of 90$, otherwise, I'd either be running the stand alone version of 2013 or 2010 (for which I have 4 perpetual licenses).

I don't see Office 365 as a bad idea as long as it's possible for those who want to to get a perpetual stand alone version at a reasonable price.

 

The problem is that Microsoft is chipping away at the reasonability of the standalone version in order to coerce people into getting Office 365 instead.

With Office 2010 and earlier, you could transfer your license to another computer and depending on the edition, the license was good for 2 or (in the case of Home & Student) even 3 computers. With Office 2013, you can install on 1 and only 1 computer, so every time you buy a new computer, you need to buy a new copy of Office 2013.

Then again, you lose no matter what you choose - both Office 2013 and Office 365 are ultimately more expensive than Office 2010 used to be.

 

I would have more of a problem with Office 365 if it didn't include an extra 20 GB of SkyDrive space along with the applications. I like that aspect of it, plus I have licenses installed on mine, my wife's, and my parents' computers. I plan to keep renewing it with keycards purchased at a discounted rate. My first year's subscription was $80, which I think is entirely reasonable.

 

Actually, now the 2013 standalone is transferable between comps, MS recanted on that, it's still only the one install, but you can now transfer it.