Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Difference Between iPhone Apps And iPad Apps

By Laura Bell Deisi


The iPhone and iPad, as everyone knows, are two highly popular, bestselling gadgets from Apple. The iPhone is a smart phone that can be used to make calls, send text, email messages, read books on, play music and videos, browse the web, and many more.

The number of applications that can be downloaded and utilised on the iPhone is only restricted by its storage capacity - and the purse of the iPhone owner. Some applications (or "apps" for brief) are free, even though others cost a certain amount, usually $1 or $2 for essentially the most popular apps.

Alternatively, the iPad is actually a significantly bigger tablet device, which is utilised primarily for connecting on the internet, reading books, and playing multimedia files. Fundamentally, the iPad can do all the things that the iPhone is capable of, except make calls and send text messages. (You can find some iPad apps that do allow the sending of texts, but with certain restrictions.)

In summary, the iPhone and also the iPad are much the same when it comes to what they're able to do. Their glaring distinction is that the iPhone can be a phone, while the iPad isn't. In other words, the iPhone can be - and is primarily - used to make phone calls, while the iPad is more like a netbook or portable personal computer.

Yet another difference that stands out is their sizes. The iPhone has a 480x320 touchscreen, whilst the iPad has a considerably bigger one that measures 1024x768 pixels. Looking at the 2 devices, about six iPhone units may be placed on the surface of an iPad.

The size distinction is a key factor in comparing iPad and iPhone apps. Practically all iPhone apps (except those for generating calls) may be downloaded on the iPad. The apps will function fairly much the same except that they are going to appear larger to fit the bigger iPad touchscreen.

But not all apps meant for the iPad will function on the smaller iPhone. Apps which are native towards the iPad use greater detail to take benefit of the larger touchscreen space. If these apps could be "shrunk" on the smaller iPhone screen, they wouldn't look as great-in reality, they might also be unreadable.

This is the reason why native iPad apps can't be downloaded to an iPhone. However,But, just to make a point clear, the reverse could be carried out: most iPhone apps can be downloaded to and work on an iPad.




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