iPad app pricing for iPhone app upgrades
22. Feb, 2010 
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1Password App comes to the iPad
One of the questions that I have pondered most since the iPad official announcement is how developers will price their iPad apps for people who already own an iPhone.
Apple is encouraging developers to create universal apps, apps that will work on any iPhone, iPod Touch, or the iPad (making use of the different features of each platform). If developers follow this model, what does it mean for those who purchased the apps originally on the iPhone?
To illustrate the point, let’s look at a hypothetical example. Say you’ve bought Brushes for the iPhone. You plan to buy an iPad and want to install Brushes on the iPad, too. Will you have to buy a new version (if you don’t just want to run in 2X mode)? Will there be a Brushes 2 app that will be universal? If so, will they continue to develop the original Brushes? Will iPhone users be forced (or encouraged) to upgrade?
Ok, so perhaps my “question” is really a whole set of questions. But it has me curious. And has me weary to buy any new apps for my iPhone until these questions are answered. With the iPad launch under 35 days away (as of posting), I would rather hold off and see how developers are going to handle the iPhone vs. iPad app dilema before I shell out any money for new apps.
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