9to5Mac is reporting that iWork 09 will debut at MacWorld. That’s plausible but the real kicker is that they’re reporting that Apple is moving the apps to the cloud. You heard that right: supposedly Pages, Keynote and Numbers will all become web apps.

If anyone could do Cloud computing right Apple would be the logical choice. We’re not convinced, though. Cloud computing certainly has its place but for most people web apps can’t fully replace a desktop version at this time. Google apps are nice and in general work pretty well but we’d never give up our desktop versions of Numbers, Pages, or even Excel for that matter.

The report is of course a rumor so grains of salt should be taken. We’d certainly welcome an upgrade to iWork and if Apple were to integrate the suite with existing MobleMe services they could score a serious home run. Imagine Keynote on your iPhone or iPod Touch. That would be extraordinary! Here’s to this rumor sort of being true.

Tags:rumor, iwork