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Apple's Tablet Effort Aiming to Redefine Print Media?
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crackbookpro
macrumors 65816
Do you mean magazines? If yes, magazines, which are TOTALLY different than music in EVERY SINGLE WAY YOU CAN THINK (those those would will say it is) could have a subscription service where you automatically pay for each new one that comes out.
Meaning that you only pay twice a year if it is only published twice a year. It wouldn't be a monthly subscription unless the magazine came out once a month. It would be, "as it comes out" subscription". Or could be. That would work well. Plus you may get a discount if you pay a yearly amount ahead of time like you do with magazines now.
As for books and everything else that doesn't have a standardized "sequel" you would also pay as it came out but would not have a way to way, except maybe by author, to always buy when it shows up in the catalog. Maybe you could have the option to be notified when a new book by your favorite author came out with the chance to buy it.
sishaw
macrumors 65816
I can see this as a first true 'notebook' =p. That is to say that I love the idea of not having to carry around 2-3 textbooks and a notebook everyday. Package this along with either a cellular provider with a data plan of $20-$30 a month ONLY. Either that or being able to tether my iPhone to this device FOR FREE, after all I only see this as a device to download textbooks, newspapers, magazines, and other printed media as well as surfing the web. I also don't expect this to be a powerhouse or even up to Macbook specs. As long as it has the following consider me a customer
Screen - 10"
Bluetooth with Wifi (forgot the exact name)
2x USB 2.0 (3.0?)
7 hour battery or more
Universal MagSafe port so I can carry one charger
ExpressCard slot to add multicard reader or more USB/Firewire!
FULL OS X! iPhone OS is for iPhone! >.< (& iPod Touch >.>)
Nothing huge...after all this is a 'netbook'.
Screen - 10"
Bluetooth with Wifi (forgot the exact name)
2x USB 2.0 (3.0?)
7 hour battery or more
Universal MagSafe port so I can carry one charger
ExpressCard slot to add multicard reader or more USB/Firewire!
FULL OS X! iPhone OS is for iPhone! >.< (& iPod Touch >.>)
Nothing huge...after all this is a 'netbook'.
tjcampbell
macrumors 6502a
I like the idea of print media being easy available on a portable device.
However... I do most magazine reading at places where the magazine is going to be left behind for some else to flip through such as at the beach, by a pool, on the tube, a plane or a train. So convenient as such a device may be, in some circumstances it would be a pain in the arse.
Textbooks... well if I were in school, I'd much rather carry one of these around then a stack of overpriced books. So that's a no brainer. Fortunately I never went to school so I'm not missing out.
However... I do most magazine reading at places where the magazine is going to be left behind for some else to flip through such as at the beach, by a pool, on the tube, a plane or a train. So convenient as such a device may be, in some circumstances it would be a pain in the arse.
Textbooks... well if I were in school, I'd much rather carry one of these around then a stack of overpriced books. So that's a no brainer. Fortunately I never went to school so I'm not missing out.
I just don't see how Apple can shake their image as making "entertainment" devices to an "educational device." Seriously, would any of you actually want to read on one of these tablets? Most people would probably be watching YouTube of playing music or games; anything but actually reading.
However, some people mention it's lack of interaction that a book has such as page marking and flipping pages and more than one book open at a time. This is something that (with a little creativity) can probably be alleviated on a multi-touch interface. They could incorporate a GUI and touch gestures to simulate doing all of these things.
The biggest drawback I see is potential battery life. Books last forever in your bag you don't need to charge your books or replace the battery after XXX cycles, etc. If there is an electrical problem, you don't need a new book.
bad LCD or pixel issue? Your book is faulty.
Do any of you ever think about the negative effect of "digitizing" everything? Granted, it saves time and allows us to be more productive, but it also takes some sort of element away from the experience of receiving a letter in the mail from a loved one (instead of an e-mail) or finding an old book you read 10 years ago that still has the pages crinkled from where you marked it or stumbling across that CD under your car seat that you thought you lost forever. /tech impact on our lives rant. It's early...
However, some people mention it's lack of interaction that a book has such as page marking and flipping pages and more than one book open at a time. This is something that (with a little creativity) can probably be alleviated on a multi-touch interface. They could incorporate a GUI and touch gestures to simulate doing all of these things.
The biggest drawback I see is potential battery life. Books last forever in your bag you don't need to charge your books or replace the battery after XXX cycles, etc. If there is an electrical problem, you don't need a new book.
bad LCD or pixel issue? Your book is faulty.
Do any of you ever think about the negative effect of "digitizing" everything? Granted, it saves time and allows us to be more productive, but it also takes some sort of element away from the experience of receiving a letter in the mail from a loved one (instead of an e-mail) or finding an old book you read 10 years ago that still has the pages crinkled from where you marked it or stumbling across that CD under your car seat that you thought you lost forever. /tech impact on our lives rant. It's early...
Content via iTunes Store
Yes, I would pay $.99 to DL local digipapers (St. Petersburg Times, USA Today) using iTunes every day. Even better, I['d like a push subscription service that automatically loads the news wirelessly overnight. Browse the iTunes store for National Geographic or even (gasp!) People magazine. Wake up. It's 1984!😱
Yes, I would pay $.99 to DL local digipapers (St. Petersburg Times, USA Today) using iTunes every day. Even better, I['d like a push subscription service that automatically loads the news wirelessly overnight. Browse the iTunes store for National Geographic or even (gasp!) People magazine. Wake up. It's 1984!😱
What's funny is that once the product is released, everyone will forget their woes and go and buy one immediately. Thus this thread will end up being buried in the "threads one wishes to forget" bucket. 😛
And that would be awesome, however it would have to accept pen input and anything less than what Wacom offers in their tablets wouldn't be worth it for me. But if it did have that level of pen input, then I could actually justify buying one at anything less than $1000, which is what a 12" Cintiq costs.
But that's not what I see happening for this product, if it exists. I expect it to be more of a day to day mainstream media content provider which now seems to include a new kind of digital text.
Seems like Jobs'
Apple's vision it to provide tools to manage our emerging digital content filled life. This will be a purely consumer oriented device. Video/ text/music/email/web. All of which suits me without it becoming an input for work devices.
phillipduran
macrumors 65816
BJMRamage
macrumors 68030
perhaps the tablet device will have a two layer screen. the top being an E-ink reader the bottom layer a full fledged OLED / LCD screen to view anything other than text only.
This would reduce teh strain to read textbooks and save battery while offering a screen that allows content viewing in a way we all like.
This reminds me of Google's E-reader or whatever it is called that allows you to quickly flip and scan multiple newspapers almost like CoverFlow but a lot smoother and clearer.
This would reduce teh strain to read textbooks and save battery while offering a screen that allows content viewing in a way we all like.
This reminds me of Google's E-reader or whatever it is called that allows you to quickly flip and scan multiple newspapers almost like CoverFlow but a lot smoother and clearer.
Rocketman
macrumors 603
If the existing pricing model is translated to electronic distribution, all of a sudden these guys are profitable, and have a budget for more content creation. It also could monetize the back dated library.
This is real.
Rocketman
And can avoid government managed health care too. 🙂
AAPLaday
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Yeah im not sure that it will happen, maybe not on the first revision anyway but in future revisions who knows. People seem to want to be able to use Photoshop on the device which is ok but what about once your back at your desk. You could easily export the work to your mac and continue working on it using the tablet as well.
farmboy
macrumors 65816
It's not the LCD/LED display that's the problem, it's the constant focus on a single plane. E-ink is no different. Neither is reading ink on paper. Look away once in a while, focus on something else. The headache / irritation (if they occur) come from sitting in the same position and holding your head in the same position. Stand up, stretch, grab a drink. Really not that hard, guys.
And, absent any information whatsoever on screen clarity, resolution, brightness, color, contrast, and backlighting controls, how do you know how hard it will be to read?
And there were lots of people who were never, ever going to buy a portable, digital music player and buy downloaded singles.
gianly1985
macrumors 6502a
sishaw
macrumors 65816
I don't think that's right. It has to do with the way the screen refreshes ("flickers"), or doesn't (e-ink and paper screens have a static image, reducing eyestrain). From personal experience, I can definitely read longer with either a book or my kindle before feeling discomfort than on any LCD type screen.