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iPad will change how iPhone developers think

By: Paul Krill On: 27 Jan 2010 For: InfoWorld (U.S.)

Developers are gearing up for the new possibilities in the iPad, but they may have to move beyond their iPhone roots to keep up. The iPad presents a whole new form factor and extended user interface

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Software developers already building applications for Apple's wildly popular iPhone are gearing up for the new Apple tablet device announced today, anticipating new opportunities for their software as well as tweaks they will have to make to their code. For developers who have been building for iPhone and iPod Touch, the unit represents a new form factor and extended UI for presenting their applications. The tablet's larger screen moves beyond the limitations of the tiny iPhone screen, boosting such applications as electronic book-reading, in-the-field forms applications, and even games.

The new iPad UI supports menus, panes, and windows familiar to developers from their Windows and Mac OS X apps, so it appears that they can adapt their desktop apps' UIs fairly readily to the iPad. A new iPhone SDK that supports the iPad will be available for downlaod today, Apple says.

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Tags: iPad, Apple tablet, developers, iPhone, Mobile, iPod Touch

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Paul Krill is a contributor to the International Data Group (IDG) News Service, which publishes global technology stories from bureaus around the world to more than 300 publications in more than 60 countries.

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