Apple Store iPad app makes long-awaited debut
Buying Apple products from your iPad just got a whole lot easier. (Because we’re sure you were having nothing but trouble before.) More than three years after Cupertino released an Apple Store app for the iPhone, the company has finally followed it up with an Apple Store app for iPad.
As you might expect, shopping options for the Mac, iPad, iPhone, and iPod are prominently displayed. Each section lets you configure your desired Apple product or browse available accessories; once you’ve made your choices, you can put the order in for delivery or check availability of your selected product on a handy map interface.
Stock quote: An in-app availability checker makes it easy find local stores that have your item available today.
There’s also a heading for viewing information about the Apple retail stores; the section lets you quickly and easily find nearby retail locations, as well as make Genius Bar reservations and view schedules of workshops and events.
While Apple’s online store has worked well enough via Safari on the iPad, it’s clear that Apple has spent some time improving this experience for the native app. The main page’s full-screen layout features little in the way of extraneous information as you scroll through a grid of “now trending” products. Tapping on any of them will take you to a product page which prominently features high-quality images. Indeed, product information and prices are relegated to a small strip at the bottom, almost as though Apple is embarrassed to have to mention that there’s something as vulgar as a price tag attached to its fine, fine merchandise.
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