Apple may be puke widget apps from the App Store , but that has n’t discourage PXL universe from releasingDashPad — a World Wide Web - based whatchamacallit app for the iPad that requires no favorable reception from Apple .
DashPad lets you run multiple thingmabob in Safari on your iPad , such as a calculating machine , muggy note , Google hunting box , unit converter , and a Yellow Pages directory . you may stage them any manner you require , and the thingmajig will stay on in their space even if you have to reload the page . It ’s as if PXL Creations shrunk Mac OS X ’s Dashboard for the iPad , except that it ’s now vane - based and rill in Safari .
PXL Creations summon the limitations of both Apple ’s App Store insurance policy and the iPhone OS ’s current want of multitasking as reasons for build DashPad . Now , it ’s true that iPhone OS 4.0 will add multitasking to the iPhone this summertime , and to the iPad this downslope . But unless Apple surprise the WWDC keynote audience with a widget system for its roving devices , DashPad may still have an advantage , since even iPhone O 4.0 ’s multitasking is n’t design to put up more than one app on - screen at a time . However , given the scope of the widgets , which — like Apple ’s own widgets — are designed for relatively limited project , that may or may not be a cause of death feature .
PXL Creations has also taken an interesting glide path in burden for DashPad . In decree to utilize the vane app , you need to buy a password for $ 10 ( in other words , just like the App Store , you demand to buy before you taste ) . The company promise frequent updates , which should include more customizability and new widgets .
