{"id":16030,"date":"2010-03-26T22:28:01","date_gmt":"2010-03-26T22:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.razorianfly.com\/?p=16030"},"modified":"2010-04-04T13:45:50","modified_gmt":"2010-04-04T12:45:50","slug":"ipad-app-store-and-launch-day-apps-found-hints-at-premium-price-point","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/26\/ipad-app-store-and-launch-day-apps-found-hints-at-premium-price-point\/","title":{"rendered":"iPad App Store and Launch Day Apps Found. Hints at Premium Price Point?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/25\/itunes-preview-starts-to-list-ipad-targeted-hd-and-xl-versions-of-some-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported<\/a> that review site <a href=\"http:\/\/www.padgadget.com\/2010\/03\/25\/apple-leaks-approved-ipad-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">PadGadget<\/a> had delved deep into the iTunes database and found what looked like iPad-specific versions of some of the more well-known App Store titles. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Today, these few are all but confirmed to be launch-day apps. Mac Rumors is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2010\/3\/26\/ipad-app-store-reveals-launch-apps-top-seller-lists-app-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">reporting<\/a> that, although the iPad App Store doesn&#8217;t launch for another 7 days, they have managed to gain access to it early .. and although they&#8217;re not sharing how they did so, have apparently managed to take a few screenshots within the store.<\/p>\n<p>These new screenshots depict what seems to be iPad launch day software, under the category &#8216;<em>Top Revenue<\/em>&#8216;. The applications found on the store currently include: <em>Flight Control HD, Real Racing HD, Labyrinth 2 HD, Piano Lesson Piano Man for iPad, Cro-Mag Rally for iPad, Enigmo Deluxe, Manic Marble 2 for iPad and Otto Mattic for iPad<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>So far though, there is still no word on if the other applications which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/2010\/03\/25\/itunes-preview-starts-to-list-ipad-targeted-hd-and-xl-versions-of-some-apps\/\" target=\"_blank\">briefly appeared<\/a> on iTunes Preview yesterday, including; <em>Ammoin HD, Azkend HD, Grind HD, HD Recovery, NBA Hotshot HD, Numba HD, Plants vs. Zombies HD, Sparkle HD<\/em> or <em>Worms HD<\/em> will make the US iPad App Store launch in time.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/142304-ipad_top_revenue_5001.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Early pre-launch pricing for the new store seems to run from <strong>FREE<\/strong> up to <strong>$9.99<\/strong> (<strong>\u00c2\u00a35.99<\/strong>), with exceptions including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/products\/omnigraphsketcher\/\" target=\"_blank\">OmniGraphSketcher<\/a> currently priced at <strong>$14.99<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>Many users have already expressed their <a href=\"http:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/showthread.php?t=883957\" target=\"_blank\">particular dislike<\/a> to this pricing, especially referring to Fight Control HD, which they say considering only costs $0.99 for iPhone, some find $4.99 a bit steep. Personally, I think $4.99 is a nice price point and actually wouldn&#8217;t mind that becoming the &#8217;99c&#8217; point for the iPad, sometime in the future.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/150303-omni_500.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center>Screenshots courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2010\/03\/26\/ipad-app-store-reveals-launch-apps-top-seller-lists-app-details\/\" target=\"_blank\">MacRumors<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Again, we&#8217;re reminded that although good evidence of Apple&#8217;s movements with the new store, this is still considered pre-launch information &#8230; and as such, everything from App Store descriptions to screenshots and even final pricing could change, at any time, at the sole discretion of the developer(s) involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, we reported that review site PadGadget had delved deep into the iTunes database and found what looked like iPad-specific versions of some of the more well-known App Store titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174,2144,2028],"tags":[1216,137,3507,2220],"class_list":["post-16030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-breaking-blog","category-ipad","tag-apps","tag-appstore","tag-ipad","tag-launch-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16030"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16743,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16030\/revisions\/16743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arronhirst.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}