As of today the appstore holds more than 5000 iPad Apps and though iPhone applications would run on iPad, these 5000 we are talking about are the ones that has been developed and optimized specifically for iPad.
Its been a month that Apple has launched iPad and we have experienced a lot of changes around us since then; specifically if you are an iPhone enthusiast or iPhone application developer you might have felt it the most. There were various types of tablet devices that were there before iPad and there’s going to be many more but it is doubtful whether any of them would see this popularity. 5000 iPad applications in a month is quite a number.
So who are developing these iPad apps and why is this craze behind iPad application development? Doing a little research on the appstore and speaking to a few of our ipad developer friends we got few very interesting points and we are trying to put them here in a logical flow..
- More than a million iPads already sold and counting – so there’s a new channel for businesses to reach their target audience
- More than 12 million iPad apps downloaded till date – clearly indicating the affinity for iPad users towards apps
- iPad offers certain advantages like bigger screen, 3-axis accelerometer etc which allows for development of highly sophisticated iPad apps and games – alluring for developers
- iPad applications sells for a much higher price when compared to iPhone apps – developers can see $$
As a result of the above four factors there’s a huge craze about iPad application development amongst businesses as well as individuals.
Businesses are investing in iPad applications to reach the huge iPad user base and also many of them are getting apps developed that are highly interactive and add value to the brand. On the other hand there are indie developers who are developing iPad apps with the key objective of selling them in the appstore, targeting the high paying market for iPad apps. Besides these two groups there are also other iPad / iPhone lovers who are not developers but are getting their concepts live on iPad through various iPad application development companies – the motivational force here being the passion for iPad, money from app sales and fame.
This crazy growth in iPad development is adding more and more iPad apps everyday to the appstore thereby making the platform, richer, cooler and more attractive which in turn attracts more users. Its kind of a never ending cycle where users would be attracted by the applications available on the platform and people would continue to develop ipad applications lured by the increasing number of users.
