“In general, Apple iPad apps cost almost four times as much as iPhone apps. But when it comes to the most expensive apps, the iPhone is still beating its larger cousin,” Dan Frommer writes for The Business Insider. “While you can spend $1,000 in one pop on an iPhone app, the two most expensive iPad-only apps cost ‘only’ $100.”

“And, we don’t mean to be rude, but at least one of those $100 apps doesn’t seem to be worth the money,” Frommer writes. “That app is called ‘Fine Luxury Wallpapers,’ and is basically a bunch of nice looking photographs that you can use as the background image for your iPad. That might be worth a few dollars, but $100? Probably not.”

Frommer reports, “The other $100 iPad app is called Crestron Mobile Pro G, and is a home automation utility, which plugs into your high-tech home so you can control things like security, entertainment systems, etc. This is part of a hardware system that will cost a lot more than $100, so the extra money for the iPad app may not seem too excessive.”
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“According to an email just sent out to devs, Apple is now accepting iPad application submissions through iTunes Connect. You can submit your application today and ‘receive feedback’ on its ‘readiness for the grand opening,’” Erica Sadun reports for TUAW.

“Simulator-only apps developed with the iPhone SDK 3.2 Beta 5 can be submitted as of today for initial review. Upload your apps by 5pm, Saturday, March 27th, and the App review team will e-mail you with submission feedback about the readiness of your application for App Store distribution,” Sadun reports. “You will also receive information about submitting your apps for final review, before the iPad ships and (for most of us) before we even own hardware.”

Sadun writes, “If you’re thinking about waiting: don’t. Apple states that ‘[o]nly apps submitted for the initial review will be considered for the grand opening of the iPad App Store.’”

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“The Apple iPad has been available for pre-order for more than 24 hours now. Initial demand seems promising, although not everyone has embraced the concept of dedicating $500 or more to be an early adopter of a device that nobody really has all the details on just yet,” Tony Bradley writes for PCWorld.

“Not to sound like a broken record, but the iPad is a consumer device. Actually, as far as I am concerned anything with an Apple logo is–by default–intended primarily for a consumer audience,” Bradley writes. “Despite the passionate zeal of the Apple faithful, you won’t see any Fortune 500 companies lining up to dump Windows-based PC’s for Macs, or BlackBerry smart phones for iPhones any time soon.”

Bradley continues, “That said, the iPad–and other Apple devices–can be more than functional business tools as well. The following is a selection of apps that business professionals can use to transform the media-consuming toy into a productive business tool:”

• Salesforce Mobile
• Meebo
• Freshbooks

Full article here.

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“iPad apps are understandably in their infancy, but with the Apple iPad SDK already in developers’ hands they’ll soon be out in full force,” Michael Sawh reports for T3. “To fill the void, Apple has made the popular move of making the majority of the 140,000 iPhone apps from the App Store available to use on the iPad.”

Sawh reports, “We’ve picked out the iPhone apps that’ll make the most of their new tablet surroundings, selecting our favourites to make the smooth transition from iPhone to iPad.”

1. Skype
2. Photoshop
3. Time Crisis Strike
4. Sky Mobile TV (UK App Store, not available in US)
5. Asphalt 5
6. Gun Smoke
7. The Guardian
8. Tweetdeck
9. Playboy
10. iPlayerlist

Full article here.

Source: MacDailyNews