New Delhi, December 2 – After an accidental blog went live without text a few days ago, Microsoft literally telegraphed the Acompli acquisition it announced on Monday. The email app maker for iOS and Android, champions the implementation of Microsoft’s popular Exchange mail on mobile devices, better than even Microsoft’s own products.
Many have lauded Acompli has the Outlook that Microsoft should’ve built for iOS and Android, though in all admission Microsoft still does not make an Outlook app per se for mobile. That being said, Microsoft’s consumer mail service Outlook.com is available on iOS and Android in addition to its own Windows Phone platform.
The acquisition is another part of CEO Satya Nadella’s mobile first and cloud first puzzle. The Acompli team will be integrated in the Outlook team, which is a part of the larger Microsoft Office family.
“This acquisition is part of our company-wide effort to help people accomplish more with their mobile devices. This year we brought Office to the iPad and the iPhone, and we recently announced that we’re bringing Office to Android devices.
These are significant steps in our work to deliver the best productivity experiences across mobile platforms, and we’re continuing to push forward,” said Rajesh Jha, Corporate Vice president Outlook and Office 365.
Accompli as an app is not shutting down and the status quo will remain. It is possible that the app gets rebranded as Outlook for mobile as the integration with Microsoft is implemented.
“Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing more about the exciting product plans we have as Acompli becomes a part of Microsoft. We remain committed to the original Acompli vision of making the best mobile email application on any platform and across all services.
Your app and accounts will continue to work and the team will continue on our fast pace of improving and adding new functionality every couple of weeks,” revealed Javier Soltero, CEO of Acompli. Reputed technology website ReCode is claiming that the acquisition was completed for around $200 million.
-INDIA TODAY
