There’s been a rumor going around lately (starting from an anonymous tip, apparently), according to which HP’s upcoming TouchPad slate won’t come out with the functionality to edit Office documents right away. Sure, it’s just a rumor at this point – and some have even speculated that it may have been started by BlackBerry in retaliation to recent events – there’s still some undeniable truth to it.
Though HP has previously strongly noted the TouchPad’s inclusion of the QuickOffice app, it’s only said that it’s “working with QuickOffice” to include document editing functionality, and it’s never presented a live demonstration of editing in action. The company has been trying to boost its app count recently, though perhaps it should have tried better to secure the primary functionality instead.
There’s still some hope in the whole situation though – the same tip also suggests that there will be at least some editing capabilities present in the device through an update in Q3 2011 – it’s not that far away anyway, so things may not be as bad as they seem after all.
