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Does iOS 5 Show iPhone Retina Apps in full Res?
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I don't think Apple wanting to you buy the apps twice is the issue.
They have universal binary for a reason.
They have universal binary for a reason.
Are there any devs or "hackers" that can confirm that iPhone retina apps still look like trash on the iPad?
It's a shame that you need a jb tool to make retina apps look as good as they should...and also that it's impossible on the iPad 2 since there is no jb yet.
It's a shame that you need a jb tool to make retina apps look as good as they should...and also that it's impossible on the iPad 2 since there is no jb yet.
Agree. Apple want devs to either make an universal version or create one specifically for iPad. Otherwise, iPad becomes just a large iPhone (not that there is anything wrong with that) since the scaled app won't be utilizing the extra real-estate of the iPad. It's a bit disappointing, but we might not have the awesome iPad apps if they simply allowed scaling.
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They understand that, but they also want to stop people from paying few bucks less and use Retina's enhanced resolution to substitute a real iPad app. iPad apps have different suggested UI, and different user experience. And this is why that switch would never be flipped... Only hope is jailbreak and retinapad.
This is a bit ridiculous. iPhone 4 apps should run full resolution on the iPad. There's no reason apps should look worse on one device than another one they can both run it at full res.
One reason they don't want you to run retina apps is because they waste a lot of space. All the buttons and interface elements would be twice as large as they need to be.
Or developers could make their iPad apps be better than an iPhone ported app. This way the market could dictate it's success, if people find value in the iPad specific app over the scaled iPhone app then they will buy it. It just seems suspicious for Apple to just not allow scaling. The market usually is pretty accurate in weeding out poor quality or lack of usefulness.
I wish more devs would make universal apps. Lots of them charge more for a seemingly "HD" version that runs on iPad. 
You're telling me that Apple's engineers can't sort that out? Pfft.
Anyway I'm sure the retina iPad 3 might run iPhone apps at retina
I think the reason is more so because Apple doesn't want developers becoming lazy when it comes to app development for the iPad. If Apple allowed retina iPhone apps to be displayed at full retina resolution on the iPad, then many people would say that it looks "good enough" and they won't be bothered to make an iPad specific version. Basically, my point is that by not allowing this to happen it pushes developers into making something different for the iPad rather than just scaling.
I wish more devs would make universal apps. Lots of them charge more for a seemingly "HD" version that runs on iPad.
Me too. It just seems redundant to have to buy an app again just because I want to use it on my iPad in it's full glory.