@un_id really? what can Word do that Pages cannot?

and if you remember, its Microsoft Word. even if Apple wanted to, they cannot build MS Word clones, cos M$ would sue their pants off.

so don't come in with unreasonable expectations

you're sometimes more blur and confused than I thought.

its Microsoft Office. nothing to do with Apple. got it? its made by Microsoft, supported by Microsoft & Apple has no say about making an iOS version.

Apple has nothing to with the Microsoft Office for Mac. That's built in Redmond, by Microsoft. got it?
you want MS Office for iPad? contact Steve Ballmer. don't post in a forum in Malaysia, 8000 miles away and something to happen. cos right now, MS considers Apple a competitor, so they will not do anything to make your iPad experience better.

just a reminder guys / gals. iOS 5 is still in beta. that means that even Apple is sure that its for testing only.

if you insist on using it on your daily use iPhone / iPad, remember 3 things.

1. crashes / restarts / reboots are to be expected.
2. battery life may be terrible.
3. you cannot go back to iOS 4. if iOS 5 is finalised n released in September, that means you'll be stuck with a semi-broken iPhone for the next 3 months.

and you don't get it either. the only company that can safely build a full Office app is Microsoft. They own the rights. the .doc, ppt & xls formats are *not* open. so anyone else who makes a full Office app will definitely get sued. got that?

go bug Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft. don't waste your time here. your wish is Ballmer's command

@ brucesss why would you want to send thru SMS? iMessages only works when both parties have iOS5 ... so what exactly is going on here?

@ un_id we've already told you... go bug Mr. Ballmer. no one here has any way / method of helping you. He does.

@ kuekwee nope, that feature was not spotted in any of the beta till now.

shawn87 Apple's "signing" process will always sign the latest version. right now that's 4.3.3. so as long as you restore your iPhone / iPad / iPod touch to 4.3.3, and 5.0 hasn't come out, you'll have no problems.

its a developer's beta. beta means for testing only.
to answer your question Icon01... iPhone4 owners will not see this update until its released for general installing... later this year.

This post has been edited by xaw5126: Nov 4 2011, 01:26 PM