iWork Coming to Apple Tablet?

Buried in a NYT article today on the deluge of tablet devices was news that Apple engineers have spent years working on a multitouch version of iWork. Such a move could signal that Apple intends for the tablet to be much more than “just a giant iPod Touch,” as many have maligned.

“This could indicate that Apple wants the tablet to be a fully functional computer, rather than a more passive device for reading books and watching movies,” reported the NYT. “That could help justify a higher price.”

There have also been a bevy of rumors that a cloud-based version of iWork is coming - presumably to compete with Google Docs, which runs and stores your documents entirely online. With many speculating that the Apple tablet will have 3G internet access, could it be that this version of iWork will be all-portable and all-online?

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