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Exclusive Apps for the iPad?
With all the hoopla about Apple's upcoming technological baby, the iPad, one has to wonder about the effects on the App Store. We know that Apple will be releasing an iBookstore as part of iTunes for the download of books and probably magazines.
What about apps? How will they be affected? Most of the apps developed before now have been optimized for the smaller screens of the iPhone and iPod touch. Is that the reason for the 60 day delay in the iPad's release? So that developers can re-develop for the iPad.
My theory is this: a new breed of apps will be released that will be exclusively for the iPad, and they will likely have a higher price point than the iPhone apps initially. I'm sure that after some time though, the draw of .99 for an app will probably occur on the iPad as well, and the majority will end up there.
But the real question that sticks in my mind is, what sort of apps are going to come out for the iPad that couldn't come out for the iPhone/Touch because of the extra screen real estate? The greater amount of visual real estate will surely lead to more complex apps that would work less awkwardly than on the smaller equivalents.
If current Apps are re-created for the larger screen, will iPad versions of the apps we all know and love have to be repurchased for the iPad? Unlikely, as that goes against the iTunes model in which one purchase guarantees free updates for the app (which should include modifications for different screen sizes).
The veracity of my theory will be proven just after the first release of the iPad is done around the end of March. I'm sure there will be a flood of new applications shortly thereafter for us to write about, and we will have our iPads ready to review them for you!
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Remember the iWork suite of programs are coming out for the iPad when it is released. Pages, Numbers and Keynote.
As for whether developers will be updating their apps for the iPad and charging us again for them if purchased on the iPad... If the developer creates a separate app, then yes, we will be paying again. Look at Tweetie for example. There are apps in the AppStore now that have two versions, one for pre-iPhone 3GS and a version for the 3GS. It all depends on what the developer does.
As far as the delay in release. The iPad had/has not been approved by the FCC yet. Until it is approved, it can not be sold. They don't get approval early since there are so many Apple Fanboy's that monitor the FCC and other sources for news of upcoming products. Apple wanted to make sure that when they announced the product, no one knew what the "tablet" would look like or be. Obviously, everyone "thought" they knew that Apple was coming out with a tablet device of some kind. Just what type of tablet was unknown until the announcement.
Actually, I have been seeing quite a few application updates since the announcement. They change logs don't say that they have made a change to work on the iPad, but I haven't seen that many applications get updated at nearly the same time since Snow Leopard was released. :)
Those are valid points about iPhone developers already updating their apps... but don't you think there are going to be iPad only apps. New ones... the type that simply wouldn't work on a smaller screen the size of the iphone or touch?
Did you not read my comment? "iWork: Pages, Numbers and Keynote" are all "iPad only" apps.
There are also plenty of developers working on iPad only versions of their products. Comixology just stated that their "Comics" application will be available for the iPad. Sure they have an iPhone/iPod touch version. However, the iPad version will be way better, and I suspect will be a separate app from the iPhone/iPod touch version.
As to completely no apps for the iPad only, other than iWork, absolutely. Developers would be very foolish indeed to not take advantage of the larger screen. I see all kinds of apps that would normally be written for Tablet PC's. Patient chart apps for doctors and dentists, inventory control apps, manufacturing checklists for the manufacturing industry that currently use either barcodes or PocketPC's now, etc...
I have also heard talk of putting iPads in schools for teaching. Again, way cheaper than getting iMac's or Dell's. The market is there for a boom of educational software for the iPad, if the software companies that produce product are smart enough to port their products to the iPad.
The iPad is by no means a family/living room computer. It's uses in business and education are huge.
P.S. - Your CAPTCHA system is nearly impossible for a human to read. I failed twice trying to post this comment!
Vesperdem,
I totally agree the iPad isn't a living room device, its absolutely a perfect tool for industry. The only problem I'm worried about it that it gets picked up as a gaming device and then that takes developers focus... I would imagine that there are many more uses for the iTouch than a simple gaming platform, and although I'm glad to see that Apple has finally moved away from those Mobile PC registers they've been using in their stores to ones using iTouches (don't know what took soo long), I haven't seen that many other iTouches being used in various industries.
I hope your right and we start seeing the iPad show up in Doctors offices, schools, etc. I would hate to see it become yet another game system.
Thanks for the note about the CAPTCHA system, we had to put that CAPTCHA in there because the spammers got out of control a few weeks back... if things calm down, we will probably take it off. I'll see if we can find one a little less impossible to use...
I meant that the iPad is "more" than just a living room device. From my perspective, it's a perfect "computer" for my parents. Recently, my dad got suckered into one of those "we found a virus on your computer, pay $50 to fix it" scams. You won't see anything like that on the iPad.
Quite a few of my doctors have Tablet PC's that they use to update diagnosis' and patient info. I could easily see them switching to an iPad. If for no other reason, the weight and lack of stylus to operate them. Alot of those same doctors have iPhone's and love them.
There are literally millions of developers out there that are probably ecstatic that there is a device bigger than an iPhone/iPod touch to develop for. Sure, a lot of them will be game developers as well as pretty much exactly what we have seen so far with the iPhone/iPod touch. However, there are also a bunch that found the iPhone/iPod touch too small to use for tasks that Tablet PC's were currently doing and now find the iPad a perfect device to work with.
Remember, Windows PC's were originally made for business, but became amazing game systems as well as educational computers, etc... Apple was originally the computer of choice when it came to educational computer systems. However, since PC's ultimately were the big winners in the business world, educators must have felt that their students needed to work with what the kids were ultimately going to be using in the real world. If Apple discounts iPads correctly, I can see the non-3G iPads becoming a big part of the educational market. Apple will have to make a concession however, and make it so that the Home button doesn't take them to the standard Springboard. Maybe a special Springboard that only shows the software that the school wants the students to use. Maybe that's just a variation of the Parental Controls already on the device.
The problem Apple had with their mobile registers were that there was no quick and easy way to take a customers credit card. Now that there are accessories for the iPhone/iPod touch to swipe a credit card and submit a charge, Apple could switch to their own devices to be mobile registers. I'm sure Apple hated having to use those awful mobile registers. I took a peek at how they worked when I got my iPhone 3G, and I can imagine just how much the employee's at the store must have deplored them. :)