Apple Invites Submissions Of iPad Apps From Apps Developers
3rd April is approaching fast - the day Apple will launch its iPad in the market. Software developers have started working on software applications for the iPad as Apple has opened receiving submissions of iPad Apps.
Only a few select companies have been provided with iPads by Apple to design and test their software before Apple actually launches the device. But they too have to follow a strict set of guidelines laid down by Apple so that nothing is disclosed before the Apple iPad launch.
However, this secrecy has not dampened the interest of the public and apps developers in the iPad. Raven Zachary, president of Small Society, an iPhone software company in Portland, Ore, said, “There’s something about the newness of the iPad that’s driving an even greater level of excitement than what existed in the last year for the iPhone.
People see this as an opportunity to do things that have not been done before and get that first mover’s advantage.”, reports New York Times.
As the iPad beckons the new technology frontier, Apple claims it will be a new way to interact with the media. However, it will be difficult to get apps on the iPad initially. Still, the expectations attached to the iPad have been quite too many, and everybody seems to be eagerly awaiting its launch.
It is to be hoped that Apple iPad will boost the e-book market. Both Amazon and Barnes & Noble, which were not even given the iPad for testing, are working on apps to buy and read e-books, awaiting Apple’s iBooks app.
Ian Freed, Amazon’s Kindle vice president, states, “We have actually developed a tablet-based interface that redesigns the core screen and the reading experience. Our team had some fun with it.”
According to Douglas Gottlieb, Barnes & Noble vice president, 14 developers at Barnes & Noble’s digital unit in New York have been working tirelessly in a windowless room since January to redesign the iPhone app for the iPad.
As Apple invites submissions from Apps developers to include their apps in the App store, which currently holds 150,000 apps, both Amazon and Barnes & Noble seem to be waiting to test their software applications on an actual iPad before they actually submit them to Apple for review.
