Monday, September 19, 2011

The Difference Between iPhone Apps And iPad Apps

By Laura Bell Deisi


The iPhone and iPad, as everybody knows, are two extremely popular, bestselling gadgets from Apple. The iPhone is actually a smart phone that could be used to make calls, send text messages, e-mail 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 totally free, while others cost a certain amount, generally $1 or $2 for essentially the most well-known apps.

However, the iPad is actually a considerably larger tablet device, which is utilized mainly for connecting on the web, reading books, and playing multimedia files. Essentially, the iPad can do all the items that the iPhone is capable of, except make calls and send text messages. (You will find some iPad apps that do allow the sending of texts, but with particular restrictions.)

In short, the iPhone and the iPad are pretty much the same in terms of what they can do. Their glaring difference is that the iPhone is really a cell phone, and the iPad isn't. In other words, the iPhone can be - and is primarily - used to make phone calls, whilst the iPad is much more like a netbook or portable private computer.

One more 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 can be placed on the surface of an iPad.

The size difference is a key factor in comparing iPad and iPhone apps. Practically all iPhone apps (except those for creating calls) may be downloaded on the iPad. The apps will function pretty much the same except that they'll seem bigger to fit the larger 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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