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Apple to release iPad specific version of iWork
Posted by | Posted in Applications, Related Products, iWork Updates | Posted on 01-27-2010
Apple today announced their new iPad device, and along with that a new version of iWork for the iPad. Each app will sell for $9.99 in the App store. They will be able to import current iWork or Office documents and export to iWork or PDF formats to get back onto your Mac.
What’s unclear at this point is wether or not you can use the iPad to present to something larger than its built in screen. The iPad tech specs page DOES list a new VGA adapter (Support for 1024 x 768 with Dock Connector to VGA adapter; 576p and 480p with Apple Component A/V Cable, 576i and 480i with Apple Composite Cable) so it’s likely that you’ll at least be able to present (downscaled of course) to 640×480 (not sure how we completely ignored the 1024×768 output spec right there in the description).
We’re wondering if this is why Apple hasn’t given the iPhone or iPod touch the ability to read and honor the timing sprite track in movies exported from the Mac version of Keynote (we may never know).
One great thing though, is that with the 1024×768 screen and a native copy of Keynote running on the iPad, elevator or other one on one pitches are in a whole new realm. Thankfully, pretty much every theme out there is currently available in a 1024×768 format, so we won’t have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to 3rd party themes (though no instruction has been give on how to install them).
We’ll keep you posted as details emerge regarding these apps running on the iPad. For now, here’s a link to Apple’s details on the Apple site.
Absolutely on the one-to-one pitch setups – even though it’s going to make 4:3 hold on a bit longer, lol.
Curious not just about theme installation, but whether or not we’ll be able to have more than a single presentation open at a time (for supplemental assets, etc.) – didn’t see any notion of app multi-tasking in what I’ve read thusfar, but nothing to say they haven’t implemented that on app level.
A lot of unanswered questions, lol
I wonder if there will be support for an extended desktop. I use presenter notes extensively with Keynote, and I wonder about the potential for having separate presenter and presentation screens like we have now.
I don’t think anyone knows this yet, but I’m just bringing it up.
Did anyone else notice the new Keynote Build In transition that Steve was using. The element dropped from the top of the screen and landed like ton of bricks with a thud and accompanying dust cloud.
You can see it if you look at the iPad video and forward to about 3:07. Steve’s announcing that a user downloaded the 3 Billionth app from the app store and you’ll see the new transition.
I wonder if that indicates a new version of Keynote is waiting in the wings.
Anyone know how to add such a transition? Are there extra transitions that one can buy and add just like we can with themes?
Hello,
I wonder if iPad will be able to play keynote files from mac os x. My keynotes are 55mb each, so there is also a problem of minimizing the size. I dont know how…maybe i will convert each slide to jpg and insert them in a new slide each. Transitions through iPad keynote versions.
Any ideas guys?
Incredibly stoked about an iPad Keynote version. If it really works (see caveats/questions below), it’s huge: a compact, inexpensive ($500 to start) way to equip people to make presentations. That means my answer doesn’t have to be, “you’ll need to buy or rent a Mac” to show Keynote. Huge!
My questions, which I hope to resolve by calling my buddy at the Apple Store and letting me play with one:
- Does it play embedded videos? I would think so, but didn’t see that in the demos.
- JK above asks a great question: will it play iWork files from the Mac? My instinct says, yes. I’ll tell you right now, though, 55MB is PUNY – I make Keynote files up to 1GB or so with lots of embedded video (see first question).
- Show output. Not sure if there’s a presenter display, beyond mirroring. We’ll see. What’s probably the optimal scenario for me is to have it be controller of a Mac connected to the projector; that way I can walk around and control it with the pad. But, I can do that right now on an iPhone, so not much advantage there, except it’s bigger.
What are the limitations? There’s bound to be some. Excited nonetheless.