IPhone-to-iPad development: How's the timing going to work out?

Options 1 and 2 are the result of appearing at a prominent position in the app store being largely based the less than optimal way apps gain the prominent position. Apple needs to find a better way to make the good apps more easily findable to avoid what amounts to a landrush in the app store. Whenever anyone is thinking "I can get by without doing a good job and I need to rush through something", it doesn't lead to a good experience, for consumers or for developers. Let's hope the nice/good guys don't finish last.

My customers are already asking for it.

A fourth option is to submit the app in advance, but release it to the store at a later time. On release date of the iPad, get one, drive home, test your app, and if it's running well enough, put it online in the store.

Is the approval process still taking weeks? I thought things had improved in that department after all the complaints...

I've got a sheet music app for the iPhone (almost done) that really would be much more killer on the iPad: http://www.wonderwarp.com/opus

Option 4: Be Electronic Arts.

As seen in the Engadget photo leak, some developers already have devices that are bolted to tables. So there will be some apps but from the big names only.

isn't there a simulator?