[gte910h]

>they're coming from someone who doesn't care to do iPad development.

I honestly do not care if I'm doing iPad or iPhone or iPhone 4 development, all pay well enough and all have interesting challenges. I don't think the iPad is a magic producing device of infinite wonder, but the thing is pretty neat and for certain projects (processing power or display space based ones) it can actually be a less expensive platform to develop for.

However, people are not willing to shoulder the extra costs from the differences I covered in my post, so do not make as many iPad apps, as they can make a fantastic iPhone app for the same price as an okay iPad app or somewhat featureless hybrid app .

It is a more rigorous approval standard for a smaller market. Why is that so hard to fathom it would have fewer people participating in it?

As for Facebook, what is an app going to bring the website doesn't? You can't take pictures on the device, so that's out (and one of the main points of the iPhone app). You can do pretty much everything else via the website. It works just fine from the iPad web browser.