There has been a ton of speculation recently about what unannounced features may make an appearance on the upcoming iPad and yesterday AppleInsider reported more hints revealed in the iPad’s SDK. While this is certainly not concrete evidence and completely speculation at this point from an anonymous source, its definitely yet more proof that there will most likely be new integration of features when comparing the iPhone OS to the iPad.

The notion that Apple is most likely trying to hide some of the iPad’s features until the official launch isn’t a huge surprise, and there has always been hints in iPhone and iPod Touch SDK’s in the past for potential features that weren’t yet implemented. Here’s the proof…Apple Insider reports:

“Evidence for potential widgets

One example is the iPhone’s Contact app, which is internally called MobileAddressBook. In the new iPad SDK, it has morphed into an app referred to a LittleBrownBook. SpringBoard, which is the internal name of the app that runs the Home screen icons, uses the app tag “stand-alone-contacts” for this new app.”

“URLs for apps

A second discovery, according to the source, is that “web snippets are not opened by the Web app anymore.” It appears that SpringBoard is now handling the task of routing the user’s clicks on URLs to the appropriate app. This indicates that URL shortcuts for phone numbers (for dialing or texting), mail addresses (for maps), and web URLs (for the browser) could now be given an additional layer of sophistication.”

“Mac OS X Dictionaries

A third discovery in the new iPad SDK pertains to dictionaries. The latest SDK’s Library directory is said to now contain a Dictionaries folders with the six dictionaries bundled with Mac OS X, including the Apple Dictionary of company terms, the Oxford Dictionary and Thesaurus, and three Shogakukan Japanese Dictionaries.”

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