I’m sure lots of developers out there are busy creating iPad apps, or at least adapting their existing iPhone apps for this new device.

I have yet to make up my mind what the iPad is or will be. I know that I want one, as a consumer. I can envisage using it for activities such as relaxing in the living room, watching TV and surfing the web, and maybe flicking through one of these new iPad magazines. I can see at work it could be a cool note taking device during meetings. Showing photos to friends and family also features in my musings.

As for how this form factor will be used for productivity apps such as Go Calc and Trunk Notes i’m not yet sure. To be honest I don’t think Go Calc is a good fit for this device at all (if you disagree though let me know!) However brain dumping thoughts, recording and retrieving information will certainly be iPad territory.

Maybe I lack imagination. I have convinced myself that I need to have one of these devices, to touch it, to play with it, to swipe and gesture, before I can really understand how they are best to be used. I don’t want to spend time making tweaks or adapting apps without a full understanding of the device that will be running them. As such I will be waiting until I have my own iPad before reaching for Xcode and creating something to run on it.

So if any of you are wondering whether Trunk Notes will be redesigned for the iPad the answer is watch this space. I don’t want to do a straight port. I will want to think carefully and creatively about the new possibilities offered by the iPad before jumping in.

Tags: ipad