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Originally Posted by nekokami
Are you assuming the image of Kobo on an iPad is photoshopped? (It could be, I'm just wondering what you think.)
I wouldn't assume Kobo is setting up for a publicity fight with Apple. Apple was soliciting app developers to create versions of their apps for a larger screen well in advance of this announcement. Kobo may have had access to the new SDK for some time now.
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Well you are asking what I am ASSUMING. That is a more than fair question.
Mark me down as being in the camp... there will be no fight. I have posted on these forums I think Apple is a Hardware Company, does not really care if iBooks is around in six years, and the iPad will have dozens of eReaders apps available for it on Retail Day One.
As for Hardware at Kobo... I am assuming they do not have a sample iPad in their hands. I would guess they are coding within a software environment and they set a parameter like their iPhone environment has this big, big, BIG screen. This is just a guess.
As for Programming... I think Kobo is proceeding in a logical manner, it would be how I would proceed.
What I am saying is force the issue early *IF* you have folks on your staff at any level who suspect Apple is going to ream you over. Do not wait until Retail Day One to discover you are not invited to the party if you can avoid it.
There SHOULD be iPads available for review in advance of Retail Day One. And those iPads, though not from Retail, SHOULD be able to connect to an App Store with Free iPad apps on it, so Kobo wants to get their app with Apple ASAP (if their app is free).
The above is IF Apple is doing things the correct way (from a development point of view).
Yes, history has lots of stories of virtual stores/games/whatever coming up at the last minute, at launch, and history has lots of stories of those stores/games/whatever coming back down within the first few hours. So Kobo could always be left alone at the altar if Apple is a big monster which never communicates and/or hides the new version of their app store until the very last minute.