Microsoft Announces OneNote Mobile for iPhone

Just in case you thought they had all their eggs in the Windows Phone basket, Microsoft announced today the release of OneNote Mobile for iPhone. I was told last year to expect a "deluge" of Microsoft apps for iPhone/iPad, including Office, and while that still hasn't happened, I have to think this is part of that.

Here's the word.

If you use an iPhone, now you can experience the organizing power of OneNote right there. Starting today, you can download Microsoft OneNote Mobile for iPhone from the iTunes App Store, and it's free for a limited time. 

In case you haven't experienced the unsung hero of Office, OneNote is a digital notebook that lets you put everything you need to remember in one electronic place and then easily find it wherever you are. I use it every day. Think of it as a digital file cabinet for all the random bits of information that are too hard to keep track of in your head. According to comScore, 78 million PCs in the U.S. have OneNote - more than a third of all the PCs in the country.

OneNote Mobile for the iPhone lets you capture and review notes and lists on your phone. Notes are automatically backed up and synced with free Windows Live SkyDrive online storage, so that you can access them from virtually anywhere - your PC, phone, and browser. Collecting thoughts and ideas on the go is what OneNote was made for.  

OneNote Mobile for iPhone is available now and it's free for a limited time, so why not try it?

So this is a good start, and I think it makes sense to start with OneNote given how people take notes on mobile devices. But we need to see an iPad version too. And more Office apps. And for more mobile platforms.

Discuss this Article 4

phobox
on Jan 18, 2011
Ive noticed this as well as pretty much every other Microsoft app isnt available internationally (UK here). When will Microsoft learn that, much to their amazement, the US isnt the only country on earth that uses smartphone devices. I find it astonishing that they could be so short sighted on such an important issue. Lets take Apple as an example as one of their major competitors in the smartphone market, they wasted no time in announcing and then subsequently ensuring their products, both software and hardware, were pushed to international markets as soon as possible. I fail to see why Microsoft simply seem incapable or unwilling to do the same.
cope23
on Jan 18, 2011
Love this... Agree with the iPad comment-would love to have this capability there.

Seems also to be not allowing sign ins for @msn.com live accounts

jffortin
on Jan 18, 2011
And it is not available on the Canadian App Store. Thanks Microsoft!
StephenYoung
on Jan 19, 2011
Why is this not available in the Canadian App store? We still don't have the Bing App either? I don't understand why we are second fiddle for Microsoft in these circumstances. Even Apple doesn't do this to us to the same extent anymore.

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