I hate to add to the on-going speculation about this brand new product (and now rumours of 4.0 SDK) that no one knows anything about, but I've been struggling with my ideal home set-up for computers/gadgets/devices and started thinking about the tablet and the next iPhone and how they'll play into the way we use portable devices... of course this is all just my opinion and is based on what we've all been reading.
It's a safe bet that App Store apps will likely run, in some capacity on the new device and some apps will likely either be scalable to full-resolution or have separate versions. I've always assumed the device would be more like a big iPhone than it would be like a Macbook and in my mind, you could open apps in their native resolution (whatever the iPhone is) and have multiple apps open (like windows) on the much larger resolution screen. I think it will have to incorporate some kind of Finder-type app to manage our files and applications and in addition to some other "full" OSX features, would make it more like a Macbook than the iPhone.
Thinking about the tablet I then realized that puts Apple at essentially managing 3 different OS's. I started thinking about the next iPhone and the hardware will likely allow for more features like background apps, allowing the users to again, get closer to a "full" OS on the mobile device.
Thinking about all of that I started wondering if what if the current iPhone is the last we'll see in it's current state (home screens, app takes up full screen, no file management) and the new iPhone and Tablet (running SDK 4.0) will both run the exact same OS (obviously the bigger resolution would allow for multiple windows, etc) that allows for more of what we're used to on a laptop.
The current iPhones, running 3.0 will continue to be able to download all of the new apps (unless they allow tablet-specific apps) and just won't benefit from the advanced features in new mobile OS but because the apps are all scalable would still continue to have access to the App Store.
Sorry for rambling. Maybe someone could expand on the idea I have in my head and put it more eloquently.
It's a safe bet that App Store apps will likely run, in some capacity on the new device and some apps will likely either be scalable to full-resolution or have separate versions. I've always assumed the device would be more like a big iPhone than it would be like a Macbook and in my mind, you could open apps in their native resolution (whatever the iPhone is) and have multiple apps open (like windows) on the much larger resolution screen. I think it will have to incorporate some kind of Finder-type app to manage our files and applications and in addition to some other "full" OSX features, would make it more like a Macbook than the iPhone.
Thinking about the tablet I then realized that puts Apple at essentially managing 3 different OS's. I started thinking about the next iPhone and the hardware will likely allow for more features like background apps, allowing the users to again, get closer to a "full" OS on the mobile device.
Thinking about all of that I started wondering if what if the current iPhone is the last we'll see in it's current state (home screens, app takes up full screen, no file management) and the new iPhone and Tablet (running SDK 4.0) will both run the exact same OS (obviously the bigger resolution would allow for multiple windows, etc) that allows for more of what we're used to on a laptop.
The current iPhones, running 3.0 will continue to be able to download all of the new apps (unless they allow tablet-specific apps) and just won't benefit from the advanced features in new mobile OS but because the apps are all scalable would still continue to have access to the App Store.
Sorry for rambling. Maybe someone could expand on the idea I have in my head and put it more eloquently.
