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IMO, we’re seeing a very slow divergence from iOS-for-pocket-devices and iOS-for-tablets. You can see that today with multitasking support. Someday the “Springb
by Eric_WVGG 11y ago
IMO, we’re seeing a very slow divergence from iOS-for-pocket-devices and iOS-for-tablets. You can see that today with multitasking support. Someday the “Springboard” desktop for iPads has to evolve away from the iPhone and vice versa.
I’ll bet a sandwich that Xcode for iPad is coming within two years. That won't mean anything to the consumer market, of course, but it will be remembered as the point where tablet computing got Real.
- danellis 11y ago> Xcode for iPad is coming within two years Who is asking for it?
- Eric_WVGG 11y agoYoung would-be developers who grew up on touchscreens, and find the notion of pushing around a pointer — instead of directly manipulating things — to be archaic and silly.
- api 11y agoBut what about the tiny-ass screen? It makes my head hurt to think about writing code on an iPad. Are they going to add HDMI? Also wake me up when iOS isn't an absolutely fascist walled garden.