Reading Apple’s press release about the iPad’s official release date, I haven’t been able to found references to the “iPad-only” App Store, or the place where we’ll find the applications that will run only on the new device.
From the press release:
“The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 150,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers are already creating exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.”
The iBooks app for iPad including Apple’s iBookstore will be available as a free download from the App Store in the US on April 3, with additional countries added later this year.”
My best guess is that, just like Marco Arment wrote some weeks ago, we won’t see iPad native apps on day one and the iPad App Store will open with pre-approved apps by the WWDC in June. We’ll see.
