The iPad can run almost all iPhone apps. The exception is apps written for iOS 4, because the iPad is still running the older iOS 3.2. When iOS 4.2 for the iPad is released later this autumn, the iPad will be able to run all iPhone apps.Harvey Williamson wrote:How does it work on an iPad? What are the main issues with using the iPhone version on the iPad?egrit wrote:This will be really good. I have the iPhone version on my iPad Now and look forward to having this iPad version. It looks really nice.
Egrit
The user experience leaves a lot to be desired, though. Because the iPad has a bigger screen with a higher resolution, iPhone apps with either run inside a tiny window at the middle of the screen, or scaled up in size with big, blocky pixels. Needless to say, this looks ugly. There are also a few other differences between the devices, i.e. the preferred way to display menus and dialogs.
My work is still going well. I have now implemented landscape mode (required on the iPad, but not on the iPhone). The main things that remain are iPad-like menus and dialogs, and perhaps some visual improvements (the current prototype looks hideous, as you can see in the screenshot, but I'm not sure I have the artistic skills to fix it).