Hasta La Gadget!

Agile web solutions has posted some screenshots of the iPad version of its excellent password manager, 1Password. The Mac and iPhone application stores passwords, logins and credit card information and allows you to sync between devices. Sure, the Mac has its own Keychain Access app, but 1Password is so much easier to use.

It is also pretty, as you can see here. Agile has completely redesigned the app for the iPad, instead of making it just a bigger version of the iPhone app. The mockup app has popovers, an alphabet scroller for fast list navigation and a whole lot of iPad goodness. If this is a taste of what the best iPhone and Mac developers are going to do with the iPad, I don’t think we’ll have any worries about it not being a “real” computer.

The screenshots here are not from a functioning application, but they do show one problem with developing for the iPad. You need to design two versions of your app, one for portrait and one for landscape mode. That’s a lot of extra work, although don’t expect to see this level of polish in your average fart-n-boobs apps.

We can’t wait to see what others will do. C’mon Adobe. Put Lightroom on the iPad already!

1Password and iPad, Part 1 [Switchers Blog]