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The Significant Differences Between IPad Apps And IPhone Apps

By Laura Bell Deisi


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

The number of applications that may be downloaded and used 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 of charge, even though others may cost a certain amount, normally $1 or $2 for the most popular apps.

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

In summary, the iPhone and also the iPad are much the same in terms of what they can do. Their glaring difference is that the iPhone is really a phone, while the iPad is just not. In other words, the iPhone can be - and is primarily - used to make phone calls, while the iPad is much more like a netbook or portable individual computer.

Another difference that stands out is their sizes. The iPhone has a 480x320 touchscreen, while the iPad has a significantly bigger one that measures 1024x768 pixels. Looking at the two devices, about six iPhone units can be placed on the surface of an iPad.

The size difference is really a key factor in comparing iPad and iPhone apps. Practically all iPhone apps (except those for making calls) may be downloaded on the iPad. The apps will work pretty 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 to the iPad use higher detail to take benefit of the larger touchscreen space. If these apps could possibly be "shrunk" on the smaller iPhone screen, they wouldn't appear as great-in fact, they might also be unreadable.

This really is the reason why native iPad apps can't be downloaded to an iPhone. However,But, just to create a point clear, the reverse can be done: most iPhone apps can be downloaded to and used on an iPad.




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