This proves that the iPad is not "just a big iPod Touch"
The all too common and blind assumption about the iPad is that it's
just a big iPod Touch. Apple's port of their iWork suite not only shows
that it can do the not-so-new text wrap but it also shows developers
that this is NOT simply running the iPhone OS. Also, other not-so-
new items the demo showed, such as pop-up contextual command
menus, further opens developers eyes to the fact that the iPad is
capable of doing a lot more than an iPod/iPhone.
Field reports about the iPad SDK beta indicate that further capabilities
beyond the iPhone OS as we now know it exist, including an inline
spell checker and dictionary.
As happened with the iPod/iPhone, third party software will dictate
this device's usefulness and the iPad will surely enjoy much of the
same solid developer uptake that the iPhone/iPod did.
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