iOS 5.1 and iWork updates

[Kaykaykay]

This is the disappointing part. I know nothing about computer/ app code but don't understand why an app wouldn't still work after it isn't supported anymore. Seems to me if the app works without Internet connection the developers shouldn't be able to disable it. Let us use it forever with the versions that work for us. It would make the iPad/ iPhones more valuable to me.

Depends on the app and what kind of support is needed.

Making iPad and iPhone more valuable to users isn't the charge of app developers. It would be in Apple's interest, and in that cause Apple could require developers to support apps indefinitely, but Apple also has to balance things and not drive away developers with demands that might further drain their resources. Many developers run mom-and-pop operations.