iPad Apps to Cost Up to Five Times Their Original Price - Polidicks

[QUOTE]On the surface, the iPad looks like a pretty good deal. After all, just $499 gets you in the door with the entry-level model, which seems plenty capable for most users. But there's a dark side to the iPad that's now starting to surface, thanks to leaked videos of the soon-to-be-launched iPad app store. No, the apps themselves look fine: It's the price of the apps that, to be blunt, can be downright exorbitant. Consumerist took a close look at the apps being marketed for the iPad's launch and found that they're not going to be cheap. Far from it, to be honest. Where 99 cents is a common price point for apps on the iPhone, iPad apps are coming in around $4.99. The cheapest application displayed during the video demo costs $2.99, and one app shown costs $49.99. On average, for applications that have an equivalent version on the iPhone, the price increase is 96 percent, almost double what you'd pay for the same apps on the smartphone format. To be fair, these aren't the exact same applications, but rather iPad or "HD" versions of the apps optimized for the larger screen. Most iPhone apps will run on the iPad, but they won't take advantage of the larger resolution screen, so vendors have to rewrite applications for the iPad with the bigger display in mind. That's worth something — but is it worth double, and in some cases five times, the original price? We aren't talking about massive programming undertakings here, but primarily subbing in different graphics that will look better on the iPad's larger screen. Pricing on iPad applications is far from finalized right now, of course, and vendors probably know the lesson all too well that it is much easier to lower prices over time than it is to raise them. Start high and you're a hero when you cut the cost by a buck or two, but double the price from $.99 to $1.99 and you're a money-grubbing villain. [/QUOTE] [b]Source:[/b] [url]http://news.yahoo.com/s/ytech_wguy/20100331/tc_ytech_wguy/ytech_wguy_tc1397_1[/url] I understand, yet at the same time I think it's stupid as hell, $50 for an app? No. That's pretty much the equivalent of having to pay more on steam since you have a big monitor.

What the fuck? The iPad is so ridiculous.

Steve is just mad at everyone for calling this thing a giant iphone piece of shit.

Don't worry, there will be Installous.

Good thing I was never, ever planning to get one, right?

No worries, apple fanboys will eat it up like cake.

In fairness, the $50 app is probably Omnigraffle, which is a professional design suite thing

Any app that has a price rise will also have updates to satisfy the iPad, so it's fair. What people aren't getting is it's not an iPhone even if it looks like one, and you will not be paying for a iPhone app (in most cases, greedy devs).

[quote]and one app shown costs $49.99.[/quote] that's the one that enables the functionality of the on button

Yeah, no thanks. I already bought my fill of Apple products, ie., an iTouch, so I could watch videos at work on a decently sized screen. Their laptops and this piece of shit is not worth their outrageous prices.

[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;21118520]Yeah, no thanks. I already bought my fill of Apple products, ie., an iTouch, so I could watch videos at work on a decently sized screen. Their laptops and this piece of shit is not worth their outrageous prices.[/QUOTE] But don't you want a bigger iTouch? Oh to experience the whimsy

[QUOTE=PieClock;21118467]Any app that has a price rise will also have updates to satisfy the iPad, so it's fair. What people aren't getting is it's not an iPhone even if it looks like one, and you will not be paying for a iPhone app (in most cases, greedy devs).[/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.vincentchow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ipad-vs-stone1.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Zeke129;21118538]But don't you want a bigger iTouch? Oh to experience the whimsy[/QUOTE] iPod Touch.

[QUOTE=Bengley;21118656]iPod Touch.[/QUOTE] i'll icall it iwhatever i iwant

iGuess they're padding the price.

Remember, when the iPhone first got apps, they cost quite a bit more than they currently do. The free market will take over, again, and lower prices to reasonable levels.

[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;21118520]Yeah, no thanks. I already bought my fill of Apple products, ie., an iTouch, so I could watch videos at work on a decently sized screen. Their laptops and this piece of shit is not worth their outrageous prices.[/QUOTE] Hey, the MB / MBP is well worth the price

[QUOTE=Bobbo666;21118557][IMG]http://www.vincentchow.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ipad-vs-stone1.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] That relates to my post how exactly.

[QUOTE=gman003-main;21118694]Remember, when the iPhone first got apps, they cost quite a bit more than they currently do. The free market will take over, again, and lower prices to reasonable levels.[/QUOTE] It's not a free market if Apple controls everything sold on the store.

Why would you even buy an iPad

[QUOTE=Zeraux;21119267]Why would you even buy an iPad[/QUOTE] Cannot think of a single reason...

[QUOTE=Athena;21118678]iGuess they're padding the price. [img]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q198/Hezzy88/mojo.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Fix't

Alright. This did it for me. I AM going to buy an iPad and make ridiculously priced applications for it that require the same effort several times cheaper apps for other iDevices require :dance:

[QUOTE=Bengley;21118656]iPod Touch.[/QUOTE] iFuck you in the ass! [img]http://thisrecording.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/the_big_lebowski_jesus.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Zeraux;21119267]Why would you even buy an iPad[/QUOTE] It's too big to use like an iTouch/iPhone, and you can't use it as a laptop either. If you can use an iPad you can also use a laptop, which does shitloads more.

[QUOTE=Hunterbrute;21118317][b]giant iphone, piece of shit.[/b][/QUOTE] Key words in this thread.

[QUOTE=Mr. Ambleu;21119378]iFuck you in the ass! [img]http://thisrecording.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/the_big_lebowski_jesus.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] iFuck you, asshole [img]http://www.lamemovies.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/commando.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=Exp;21119340]Cannot think of a single reason...[/QUOTE] Because it's shiny, DUH. Every body knows that to Apple fans shiny=fast. Besides, Apple users are used to over paying for everything so I doubt they will care.

People are attracted to cosmetically appealing items, this is a flat shiny touch screen, people are going to go crazy and idolize it as a piece of revolutionizing hardware. That's how Apple works, they could release a mac with the specifications of a 10 year old gateway and still make sales, as long as it looks pretty.

[QUOTE=Swim;21119536]iFuck you, asshole [img]http://www.lamemovies.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/commando.jpg[/img][/QUOTe] [img]http://www.blogcdn.com/nintendo.joystiq.com/media/2008/06/scarface_bath_tub.jpg[/img] You don't got nothing to do with your life. Why don't you get a job? Work with lepers. Blind kids. Anything's gotta be better than lying around all day waiting for me to iFuck you.