Cannot connect to the iTunes Store

Friday January 20th, I tried to add a few apps to my iPhone, both timed out with the message “Cannot connect to the iTunes Store”. I tried WIFI and 3G. At home I tried adding apps to my WIFI iPad 2 and received the same message. I connected each device to my laptop with iTunes running and the apps loaded. I did not sync anything. I use iCloud for that. So the quick response to “Cannot connect to the iTunes Store” is to connect the device to a PC or Mac running iTunes. Do not sync, just try to install the app.