[sword-devel] The Apple iPad launch yesterday

[Manfred Bergmann]

Yeah, that's really an awesome device, just saw the keynote. :)
While I don't have an iPhone or iPod Touch I think this will be a gadget I eventually buy.

As Nic noted iPhone OS based applications run fine however it does offer much more options in terms of user interface, usability, display, possibly speed and any PocketSword/MacSword derived application could benefit from an optimised user interface.

I've seen in the videos that many popup auxiliary/tool windows have an iPhone look&feel so I think some things could be reused from PocketSword.
We also finally have to consolidate the Objective-C++ SWORD wrapper classes to have a single code base that is shared between the two or three applications.



Manfred

Am 28.01.2010 um 10:29 schrieb Nic Carter:

> 
> PocketSword, as is, should run fine. There's 2 months before there are any devices live, so it's not an issue atm...
> 
> FYI, the iPad runs the same OS as the iPhone and iPod touch, so it's not an entirely new platform.
> 
> It's quite possible that we will optimize PocketSword (or write a new app based on PocketSword) in the future, but given we took over a year to get on the iPhone platform in the first place, I don't think there's too much urgency there? It does look like it would make a very ideal Bible Study platform, tho, and I know the guys over at Olive Tree think so too... :)
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> On 28/01/2010, at 21:19, Peter von Kaehne <refdoc at gmx.net> wrote:
> 
>> It looks like a solution for a missing problem. But that should not hinder its sales. I presume that PocketSword will work on it. No?
>> 
>> Peter
>> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>>> Datum: Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:09:41 -0800 (PST)
>>> Von: David Haslam <d.haslam at ukonline.co.uk>
>>> An: sword-devel at crosswire.org
>>> Betreff: [sword-devel] The Apple iPad launch yesterday
>> 
>>> 
>>> I guess most of us have seen the TV news about yesterday's launch of the
>>> Apple iPad.
>>> 
>>> It should prompt the question, Are we going to develop anything for this
>>> new
>>> platform?
>>> 
>>> David
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