I’ve listened to a lot of podcasts discussing the iPad and have seen the details and have come to the conclusion that we have not seen the iPad. What we have seen is likely very close, but I think that Apple hasn’t shown us everything yet. Here’s some quick points:

• The app store has become what has really set the iPhone apart from other phones and I’m sure Apple wants the iPad to have great apps on day 1. In order for this to happen, you need to give developers time to create for it.
• There’s no way to get development for it without letting everybody know about it, so you are really forced to have a launch event.
• If you are pulling developers in, you really need to provide some apps that show your vision for the device by providing some sample apps as Apple did with mail, photos and iWork.
• This is clearly a BIG product for apple and there is NO way that they are going to iterate the iPhone OS by 1/10 for it.
• Developers do not need to know what is coming in iPhone OS 4 in order to start making content for it.
• The iPhone is overdue for an overhaul and showing iPhone OS 4 now may give some hints of where they are going with the iPhone before they are ready.
• It seems clear through APIs and UI elements found in XCode and on the iPad launch day that camera support is there.
• The iPad is not coming out for two months.

So, given these things, I just think that Apple told us what they felt they had to in order to get development going for it but that the software particularly but perhaps the hardware too may not be what was demonstrated.

What do you think?

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