Office for iPhone Is a Design Triumph, But Needs More Features

It took a long time, but Microsoft Office has finally . Now, instead of making do with alternatives such as Google Drive or QuickOffice, Office 365 subscribers can install Office Mobile on up to five iOS devices and start editing Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents natively.

Microsoft has done a good job of creating "mini" versions of those three apps for the iPhone's small screen, although they're lean on features. That's not unexpected, since Microsoft isn't quite re-inventing the wheel here: Office Mobile already exists on Windows Phone, and Microsoft carries over much of those small-screen sensibilities — minimal chrome and a touch-first interface — to the world's most popular mobile device.