Breaking: MS Office comes to iPhone but 365 subscription is required and nothing for iPad

The much awaited Microsoft Office app has finally come to the iPhone but with caveats.  Users need to have an Office 365 account in order to use it, and there's no version for Apple's iPad, which is the mobile device that would most benefit from having MS Office running natively.

The reason for this could be that Microsoft Office is the key differentiator of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet which is an iPad competitor and which has the only version of MS Office on any mobile tablet. Giving the iPad a version of MS Office would instanly bring it one step closer to its post-PC aspirations but that might mean even less Surface RT sales for Microsoft. 

New iPhone ad focuses on music, captures spirit of enjoyment

Apple's new series of ads for the iPhone are subtle, visually engaging and mirror the ease of use and ubiquity of the iPhone's main features. The new "Music Every Daty," ad shows how the iPhone still resonates with anyone who loves their music. The variations, nuances and subtleties of this montage of moments is remarkable in its simplicity.

The Apple Beat: Wish List for iOS 7

Great Scott!: With iOS proponent Scott Forstall gone from Apple, what direction with the valuable iOS take?By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple's yearly WWDC (World Wide Developers Conference) is a month away and we're sure to see the latest features and builds of Mac OS X and iOS. Studying the current mobile landscape and features available to competing smartphone and tablet platforms, I've compiled a personal wish list of features I hope to see on iOS 7.

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Video: new iPhone 5 ad focuses on smartphone photography

Apple's latest iPhone 5 ad focuses on a single function of the device, the 8 megapixel camera. Capturing how crazy the world has become about taking and sharing photos with our smartphones in the Instagram age, the simple message is, 'every day more photos are taken with the iPhone than with any other camera,' which is probably true. The cameras on the iPhone 4, 4S and iPhone 5 remain as some of the best in the smartphone industry and the range of apps to tweak and share these photos is simply staggering. How important does the camera on a smartphone affect your decision to choose it over others?