Thread: iPad Hands on with the iPad
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Old 01-30-2010, 09:43 PM   #89
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Originally Posted by DrFyzziks View Post
"Most" iPhone applications will work

Apple has stated that "most" of the 140,000 App store iPhone apps will work on the iPad. I noticed a few comments questioning the use of the word "most" - it's actually pretty simple. The iPad isn't a phone. While it does possess a microphone, speaker and 3G connection, the iPad OS lacks some of the phone-specific UIs (dialer, voicemail interface, etc). Any 3rd party app that utilizes the phone APIs isn't likely to work very well (if at all).
That was my first thought as well, DrFyzziks. Also, none of the GPS apps will work unless you get the 3G option.

Regardless, the App Store is going to get more complicated...putting aside the obvious speed issues (The iPad looks a lot faster than the iPhone 3GS/16-32G Touch, which are faster than the iPhone 3G/Edge/8G Touch), there are now 2 iPad configurations (3G and no 3G), 2 Touch configurations (mic and no mic), and 3 iPhone configurations (with different cameras, compass, GPS, etc..). And a rumored new iPhone this summer, of course..

Can't wait to see how Apple handles them all
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