iPad SDK Beta

Well, I downloaded the beta 3.2 SDK for the iPad. It’s interesting to see how large the screen is in comparison to the iPhone. Yeah, that’s a no-duh statement, but you really don’t get as good a sense of it until you try and build something in Interface Builder. You suddenly have this enormous amount of real estate. I’ll admit that even though it doesn’t have some of the things I would have liked to have in a tablet, there is no doubt in my mind that it’ll be a fun device to develop for. Just the potential of a screen this large that’s as reactive as an iPhone screen is exciting. I can see gaming will heavily utilize this. With a screen this large, I can easily see RTS games being a huge (no pun intended) genre here, being able to touch your troops and have them go. Yes, they have RTS games like that on the iPhone, but having it on a 10″ screen will make it a whole new experience.