Official Apple Store app for iPad debuts on iOS
The iPad gained a bespoke Apple shopping experience Wednesday as a new Apple Store app designed specifically for the company's tablets hit the App Store, bringing a gesture-based user interface and a listing of trending products.
Apple Store for iPad, a separate download from its iPhone counterpart, has several unique features designed to take advantage of the increased screen real estate available on the iPad. The number of products shown on screen for a particular category, for example, can be changed by pinching in or out --?the most dense view removes text from the display entirely, leaving only a six-by-four grid of product photos.
Individual product detail pages utilize a split pane view similar to that found in the iPad-based smart displays in Apple's retail stores. Customers can purchase and customize products directly from the app, including specifying engraving for iPads and iPods and designating a purchase for in-store Personal Pickup.
Other iPad-only additions include a new "Now Trending" section which shows a dynamic listing of currently-popular products based on what users buy, share socially, or review, and a map view for the app's retail store finder that plots area locations on an overhead map, which can also be overlaid with availability information for specific products.
Apple Store for iPad is available now as a free, 22-megabyte download from the App Store.
Apple Store for iPad, a separate download from its iPhone counterpart, has several unique features designed to take advantage of the increased screen real estate available on the iPad. The number of products shown on screen for a particular category, for example, can be changed by pinching in or out --?the most dense view removes text from the display entirely, leaving only a six-by-four grid of product photos.
Individual product detail pages utilize a split pane view similar to that found in the iPad-based smart displays in Apple's retail stores. Customers can purchase and customize products directly from the app, including specifying engraving for iPads and iPods and designating a purchase for in-store Personal Pickup.
Other iPad-only additions include a new "Now Trending" section which shows a dynamic listing of currently-popular products based on what users buy, share socially, or review, and a map view for the app's retail store finder that plots area locations on an overhead map, which can also be overlaid with availability information for specific products.
Apple Store for iPad is available now as a free, 22-megabyte download from the App Store.
Comments
Well it's about time! I guess that I can delete the iPhone version from my iPads now.
I don't see it yet
It's there, because I just downloaded it.
I don't see it yet
Go through the link in the article and it finds it. The App Store hasn't been updated to list it when clicking on Apps Made by Apple or even when searching for it.
Why is it two apps? Why? Apple, what’s going on with you?
Less important is the fact that WWDC’s videos are two apps. How could it have been hard to just update the old one? I don’t like these little cracks.
The App Store hasn't been updated to list it when clicking on Apps Made by Apple or even when searching for it.
I found it by searching for it, I didn't click on the link.
I searched for Apple Store App, and listed iPad only apps, it showed up.
I found it by searching for it, I didn't click on the link.
I searched for Apple Store App, and listed iPad only apps, it showed up.
I finally found it at the end of the iPad Apps for Apple. Once I switched the sort to release date it popped up first. It still isn't showing up in the search results for Apple Apps.
What happened to Stores?
On the menu on top, you just click on Apple Retail Store.
Then, on the next screen when you get to your store, you can choose from Genius Bar, Workshops and My Reservations.
I haven't really used the iPhone version much, but this iPad version doesn't seem difficult at all.
It seems it is a separate app due to requiring iOS 7 while the app for iPhone requires iOS 6
Go buy a Nexus7 and see how their apps are. Report to us your findings next week Tuesday
And that’s somehow an excuse for Apple to do worse than is possible? Come on.
I’m sure it is. That’s not in the slightest what I’m discussing.
Explain why the same app needs to be two apps, then. Explain why it makes sense for Apple–the company known for simplicity over all others–to have two apps that do the same thing.
It's so they can charge you twice for the app. /s
Give Android a shot and see how wonderful it is.
Not an argument. At all. Either discuss properly or don’t bother replying.
Speaking of which, Bing changed its font yesterday to one of the Windows staple fonts.
It’s absolutely hideous. Just about everything that can be wrong about a font is wrong here.
I highlighted your post to see if there was anything hidden in white to explain this. There wasn’t.