Microsoft Buys Acompli

(RTTNews) - Software giant Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) said Monday that it has bought Acompli, a provider of innovative mobile email apps for iOS and Android.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but some reports said the purchase price was more than $200 million.

"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, in a bog post while announcing the deal.

"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," said Acompli CEO Javier Soltero in another bolg post.