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Apple's 'Education Announcement' Scheduled for January 19 in New York City
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Than all of us working in front of computers all day should just quite because the strain on our eyes!
Back in 1997 or whenever it was Jobs said Apple had 2 core markets and nothing else. They are creative professional market and education. And I'm glad now in 2012 that Apple is still making sure they keep the education market and that they to the best to cater towards that market.
As this is mentioned a lot in the biography of Steve Jobs i could imagine it´s probably going to be about schoolbooks.
But I am living in Germany and I´m quite sure Apple will never revolutionize anything over here. As every school is buying different textbooks and as no school over here seems to have any money there is nothing Apple could do here.
Thats why the idea of an eMac or ePad is way more interesting for me. This could help many people out, having not enough money to get a mac for school. This would be a better help.
But I am living in Germany and I´m quite sure Apple will never revolutionize anything over here. As every school is buying different textbooks and as no school over here seems to have any money there is nothing Apple could do here.
Thats why the idea of an eMac or ePad is way more interesting for me. This could help many people out, having not enough money to get a mac for school. This would be a better help.
Please stop posting for your employer Amazon.de. Seriously.
You can adjust the brightness on the display and you can use an anti-glare screen protector.
How, pray tell will e-ink display colour diagrams and photos? Ask that from your Amazon masters.
The reality of it is that eyestrain is largely caused by illegible fonts. With a retina display, the eye strain will be reduced.
iPad textbooks will be great if they're significantly cheaper than their physical counterparts. Used textbooks are one of the easiest things to sell in university/college and dramatically reduce the final cost. However the convenience and extra features may be more valuable to some than resale value.
Really? The NYC skyline is the most iconic skyline in the world and is used in everything from snow globes to big budget Hollywood films. 9/11 was tragic but it's is not going to stop anyone from using the amazing NYC skyline. Also it looks like Apple is portraying midtown Manhattan and not lower Manhattan which means you have no point.
Really? The NYC skyline is the most iconic skyline in the world and is used in everything from snow globes to big budget Hollywood films. 9/11 was tragic but it's is not going to stop anyone from using the amazing NYC skyline. Also it looks like Apple is portraying midtown Manhattan and not lower Manhattan which means you have no point.
What world do you live in?
Reference the entire line of LC Macs and add the eMac. It may have been a while since they last did it, but it's very Apple-ish to release products only centered on education.
I have a hard time seeing the Manhattan skyline without thinking about Freddy and Pepper's pizza. I think it is time for lunch.
Think of the kids. Don't release textbooks using a grey scale format that does not support backlighting. High quality LCD or nothing for books.
I actually made money on my textbooks last semester by buying them online, then selling them back to the campus bookstore at the end of the semester. If Apple want this to work, they better ACTUALLY reinvent the textbook. If I am going to pay full price for the things without the ability to sell my licence at the end, there better be ~$100 in added value to make up the difference.
Stop denying that eink is the future!
Oh, and fax machines are coming back, email is too unreliable and staring at a screen is bad for your eyes. Paper is 10x better. Infact, from now on all computer screens should be eink.
I think the textbook publishers will just pressure the universities to change books every semester. This will make teaching much less fun.
Interesting speculation. It would need to work with Windows if Apple expects it to be successful.
I think eink is the future for reading. Since it's like reading a book, but on a device that can last for up to a month with one charge.
I think etextbooks are the future since they can have animations, videos, etc. But, since eink can't do that yet. (It can, but not that well.) Then LCD's are good enough for now until eink catches up.
"...strains the eyes..." Facts to back up this assumption. It may be true for an older demographic who have seeing problems to begin with, as almost any viewing option might be a strain for them.
Can you imagine how expensive textbooks are going to be if Apple still takes its customary 30 percent? I'll stick to scouring eBay & Amazon for used texts at 1/6 the original cost.
Go have your eyes checked. Many of us here do a lot of reading and other work on an iPad, and have no complains. keep in mind that you can always get an antiglare filter if your eyes are so sensitive.
Do you think that kids who spend hours every day playing video games from 5 feet in front of their TV, with glare or no glare, would be affected by glare on an iPad?
eInk is old technology, good to simulate paper. 21st Century books are interactive, loaded with visual illustrations, video clips, audio, and much more. eInk is incapable to do the above.
Easy access (One touch, highlight review button) everything you highlighted would be available? That would be awesome.
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Anybody want to bet on an announcement of fairly broad availability of academic textbooks for iDevices... but at about the same pricing as existing printed editions?
I bet the pitch is convenience and reducing the (backpack) load over cost savings (including a lack of ability to re-sell the textbooks when the semester ends).
I'm sure some students will love the convenience aspect (and yet another argument to drive whey they need an iPad/iPhone/iPod).
I bet the pitch is convenience and reducing the (backpack) load over cost savings (including a lack of ability to re-sell the textbooks when the semester ends).
I'm sure some students will love the convenience aspect (and yet another argument to drive whey they need an iPad/iPhone/iPod).
I would say Digital Ink is technology that is too new. It is not yet capable of doing those things you listed (or not very well).