With Steve Jobs terming iPad as a third computing device it is now clear that applications for the iPad would be more costly than iPhone or iPod touch. The reason for iPad apps to become more expensive solely lies with its being more complicated design wise and response it would be going to receive from people in the market.

For example for games an iPhone game named as bubble wrap is cost at $1.99 on iPad where as on iPhone it was just 99 cents. Another game Animatch has also been cost around $1.99 instead of 99 cents on iPad. “The pricing is really crucial and developers are looking at this as a more expensive device with a wider screen and that means the apps have to be more feature rich,” told Jeff Scott, founder of the review site 148apps.com.

According to developers, based upon functionality and features the designing of an application cost around anywhere from $200-$20,000. For the iPad with its bigger screen and the opportunity to offer more bells and whistles, the stakes and development costs rise. On iPad users would have to pay more on game versions like Animatch. The size of the market is also a reason for raising costs of apps on ipad.

However, there are ample doubts about the success of iPad it is compared with iPhone and iPod Touch. It is expected that there would be as much as 1,000 new apps will be available to be launched on first day. Overall, it is forecasted that around 10m e-book readers would be sold out in the United States this year. On the list of activities on the device internet browsing would be the most popular activity followed by checking e-mail and listening to music. Reading books and playing games would be placed on fourth and fifth numbers.

Amazon’s e-book reader the Kindle will face toughest competition from the iPad and new book store. A good number of libraries have already made arrangement to have ipad on their counters. By the end of April, iPad would be on sale in parts of Europe, Canada and Australia.