In another example of Microsoft's mobile-first strategy, the company is expected to make the Android version of its core touch-first Office apps available months ahead of the Windows 8 variant



From All About Microsoft:

When asked recently why Microsoft brought the iPad version of its core Office apps to market before it launched the Windows variant, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the reason was quite simple: Market share.

So it shouldn't surprise anyone -- though I have to admit, it did me -- that the Android version of Microsoft's touch-first Office suite looks to be coming to market ahead of the Windows 8 version, according to contacts of mine who asked not to be named. The Metro-Style Windows version of the touch-first Word, Excel and PowerPoint bundle is now looking more like spring 2015 than fall 2014, which was its most recent rumored availability date, those same sources of mine added.

  Touch-first Microsoft Office for Android to beat Windows 8 version to market