How do iPhone apps look on iPad 3?

[TheWheelMan]

Just curious. I hope to eventually be able to upgrade from my iPad 1 to the 3, and a few of my apps are iPhone only apps. How will they look on the iPad 3?

 

[ugcop]

I was shocked at how good iPhone only apps looked. The first one I opened I had to look at the bottom of the screen to see the 1x to be sure I had opened the correct app.

when I open them on iPad 1 there is no doubt what the are.

 

[billhelm]

They use the retina optimized graphics for the iPhone so they look pretty decent. A lot better than on my iPad 2.

 

[batotman]

I tried Dead Space (for iphone) last night on it. Looks really good. Looked like turds on my iPad 1.

 

[MelodyMarch03]

My favorite weather app from the National Weather Service (weather alert) is iPhone only. It looks fine on my iPad, when I zoom it to 2x, the text gets a little grainy, but is still plenty readable. The radar is okay too, but there are better radar apps out there. I like that app the best for weather because it is very accurate and has different tones for different types of weather alerts.

 

[FullMetalx117]

tetris looks awesome!

 

[mikepas]

I've been rather impressed so far with how nice the iPhone apps look on my new iPad! Apps like Path and Instagram really look good.

 

[Nikos]

Awesome at 1x, pixelated at 2x.

 

[number84]

Is it still crappy on iPad 1 and 2? If yes, don't understand why Apple would limit this.

 

[luke.mac1]

I tried the office shoes app and it was horrendous!

 

[gquiring]

I was amazed how much better iPhone apps look on the 3rd gen. I have Google Voice loaded which looked pretty bad on the iPad 2 and looks very good on the 3rd gen.

 

[greytmom]

A lot better than they do on iPad 1 and 2.

 

[batotman]

http://i.imgur.com/uwRGv.jpg Dead Space screenshot.

 

[TheWheelMan]

Awesome! Thanks everybody for the feedback. Now all I need is a loan to buy the iPad. *lol*

 

[taipan61]

they looked good at their normal (iPhone) size but still pixilated when blown up (these were language apps that had been out since iPod 2 gen)

 

[Blorzoga]

Just curious. I hope to eventually be able to upgrade from my iPad 1 to the 3, and a few of my apps are iPhone only apps. How will they look on the iPad 3?

Magical!

 

[dancj]

For the most part iPhone apps on the iPad 3 will look the same as iPad apps on an iPad 1 or 2 - except they don't fill the screen.

Some - like Fruit Ninja - look terrible though.

And strangely, apps that show Google maps seem to use full retina resolution for the maps even when doubled up.