iPad wont include Weather, Clock, Calculator, etc. apps

By Jordan Kahn on March 10, 2010
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Reports today from Macnn, among many other Apple centric sources, report the iPad will not ship with many of the stock apps that were shipped with most iterations of the iPhone and iPod Touch OS. The apps and utilities omitted by Apple for, at least, the first generation of the iPad include Calculator, Stocks, Clock, Weather, and Voice Memos. Macnn reports it was issues scaling up the apps to the iPad’s larger screen that ultimately led to the omission of the apps from the final OS.

There were reports earlier in the week that there may be some type of Mac OS X widget- like functionality. However, these rumors seem to be nothing more than exactly that.

What do you think about Apple’s decision to omit these apps from the iPad? Do you think they will be reintroduced in a future version of the OS, possibly OS 4.0?

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Jordan Kahn

Jordan Kahn

Jordan Kahn is a full-time freelance writer that covers breaking Apple news and writes about all things Mac OS X, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad exclusively for BlogsDNA.com. Follow him @ twitter.com/jordankahn Email: Jordan@Blogsdna.com View author profile

  • http://www.viridium.ro/ Mihai Danila

    No, I agree that scaling Calculator up to iPad’s screen would have been seriously problematic. I mean, the reflections on those buttons would be a real killer for iPad’s battery… Welcome to our world, where thinking for oneself is atrophied enough that even the most in-your-face ludicrous lies can make their way out of the minds of the people who think them and into the Internet. You should be ashamed of yourself for quoting such crap.

  • Steve Jobs

    BULL$HIT! THE ZUNE HAS A CALCULATOR AND THE IPAD DOESNT!??

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