iPad Apps Store Preview

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The first applications for Apple's iPad will cost roughly double their iPhone equivalent, according to a brief analysis we performed on leaked screenshots of the iPad App Store.



For example, of eight apps that will be shipping on both the iPad and iPhone, the iPad editions cost about $53 total, or about twice the amount the iPhone apps cost. (We'd note that developers can still change their prices before the iPad launches, but for the sake of our analysis, we assumed these were final prices.)




As the platform becomes more popular, eventually, developers may be able to get higher sales by cutting app prices and getting higher sales volumes. That -- and the desire to get as high as possible on Apple's lists of top unit sellers -- have pushed prices way down on the iPhone. But for now, for the iPad, it's probably a good idea to start off with apps at the high end of their potential price ranges.