Elite Frontier

I reviewed the software development kit APIs for the new iPad. The new APIs have a lot more functionality than what is available with the iPhone SDK. Anyone considering the iPad as being ‘an oversized iPod Touch is only considering the physical form factor, most likely they have not yet reviewed the iPad native SDK.

I think, given the new APIs, the native apps for the iPad will be a new class in itself (targeting the full multi-touch metaphor). I would conjecture that, in the near future, application developers will target the iPad as their primary platform and begin to consider iPhone apps as their apps’s mobile version, with limited functionality and limited screen space.

More articles to come, covering iPhone and iPad development.