Path Rolls Out iPad Version

Path, the social network app created by Facebook alum Dave Morin, launched a new version catered for the iPad on Thursday. Path for iPad is designed to take full advantage of the device’s larger screen. Although it still offers all its traditional features, the new Path introduces a landscape mode that provides the user all the day’s activity on one screen. To see a previous day, simply swipe backward. It also offers larger photos and videos than its smaller cousin.

Since the information is presented in a larger format, the user can also see more detailed information about specific updates.

“Because we have so much more screen real estate, we add much more context to every moment,” Morin told TechCrunch. “So we’ll show you the weather, and a map of where the update was posted, and for songs we’ll show you a chart of what the top songs by that artist are, and which of your friends are most interested in that artist. We actually add quite a bit of context and browsing capabilities that you don’t get on the iPhone.”

Path for iPad also introduces a new “reports” feature, which maps out all a user’s updates based on location, allowing the user to see what friends in a certain location are doing each day.

Morin told TechCrunch he chose to revolutionize Path for the iPad because Apple’s tablet represents the future of personal computing. He hopes the iPad version will introduce Path to new and different audiences.

“I think it’s really clear that the iPad is the future of the personal computer,” he said. “Tim Cook made that pretty clear last week, when he said that [Apple] sold more iPads during an entire quarter than anyone in the PC industry sold PCs.”

For those who are happy with their old version of Path, no worries. Path on iPad will look and function much like its smaller-screened predecessor when viewed in standard portrait perspective. Still, Morin says the new release won’t be the last update to Path. He told TechCrunch it is only the first of “a bunch of cool stuff” he has planned for the app’s future.