“Developers polled by Wired said they expected additions to Apple’s software-development kit that would help make iPhone apps work at any resolution, for full-screen support on the rumored device,” Chen reports. “But how will that work? The tablet will likely support all iPhone apps out of the box in their current 480-by-320 resolution. These apps will probably be able to run in the background, perhaps in separate windows. It’s unlikely they’re going to automatically maximize to fill up the tablet’s screen, which is rumored to be 10 inches diagonally, developers polled by Wired.com agreed, because that would result in a blurry, pixelated mess — not Apple’s style.”
Chen reports, “Therefore, it’s likely that Apple will offer a quick workaround for developers to rescale their apps for full-screen tablet support.”
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Brad Stone and Stephanie Clifford report for The New York Times, “It will run all the applications of the iPhone and iPod Touch, have a persistent wireless connection over 3G cellphone networks and Wi-Fi, and will be built with a 10-inch color display, allowing newspapers, magazines and book publishers to deliver their products with an eye to the design that had grabbed readers in print.”
“The New York Times Company, for example, is developing a version of its newspaper for the tablet, according to a person briefed on the effort, although executives declined to say what sort of deal had been struck,” Stone and Clifford report. “At least three publishers, Hearst, Condé Nast and Time, have also created mockups of their magazines for tablets, even before such devices have hit the market. ‘Apple upended the smartphone market with the introduction of the iPhone, and it’s likely that they will, if they enter the tablet market, lead the pace there,’ said Thomas J. Wallace, editorial director of Condé Nast. He said that ’2010 is going to be the year of the tablet, and we feel we are in a very good position for it.’”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]
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