This article was published on November 4, 2014

Dropbox reveals it’s arriving for Windows Phone and Windows tablets ‘in the coming months’


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Among all the hullabaloo today that Dropbox and Microsoft are now playing nice and integrating, Dropbox dropped an interesting extra nugget – it’s finally coming to Windows Phone and Windows tablet users.

Though there are third-party clients available already on Windows Phone, an official Dropbox app has always been a glaring omission in Microsoft’s mobile armory – a sign perhaps of the hitherto rivalry between the companies. But alongside the news of the new Office/Dropbox tie-up, it’s clear that any hatchet is now deep in the ground.

The cloud-storage giant was non-specific about its arrival on the Windows mobile platforms, but did say that it would be some time in the “coming months.”

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