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iPhone Magazine - Would anyone subscribe?

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iphonewiz

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With the release of the new SDK, perhaps it's time for an iPhone magazine to hit them market! Would anyone be interested in subscribing to such an animal?

Also, what are your favorite mags now?

Mine are:

1. Wired
2. Macworld
3. Fast Company
4. Car and Driver
5. Business 2.0
 
I personally can't see the point of any kind of paper iPhone Magazine.

I feel things change with the iPhone so quickly, in terms of developing stories, jailbreaks, etc - that the internet is just so much more up to date.

The Magazine to me will feel so out of date by the time it is published, and subsequently read.

Also, there are so many dedicated websites out there on the internet, with so much more information (yes, some of it repetitive and some drivel too) - but at least it's a wide range of information, blogs, and news stories.

PS: I don't have a iPhone, but I am planning to buy the 3G version when it comes out in the UK. :D
 
to be honest I'd subscribe. it'd be cooler to have an apple newsletter/magazine though kinda like what dell has.

I stick to surfing magazine and transworld skate
 
I was given a really good iPhone book to review.

The book was really well written and nicely laid out, but I believe that anyone buying an iPhone probably knows most of the information that was in it. The real neophyte would probably find it interesting, but I feel that there aren't many of those around, and there's lots of stuff online for the newbie.

So no, I would not subscribe. That said, a magazine about coding for the iPhone would be interesting.

BTW, my favorite magazine for the Mac is a British one called iCreate. As it's an import, it's expensive, but it's loaded with tutorials for all the popular apps.

I advise all Mac people to check it out.

Cheers.
 
I'd go for...

something ONLINE v. a magazine, (too much paper floating around here on the West Coast, as witnessed by the paper getting stuck in the grill on them NASCAR vehicles, causing them to overheat during the California 500 in Fontana, California). :cool:
 
FOR SURE!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't subscribe to any of the mags you mentioned and I didn't join this site until I got my iphone. The content might get a bit repetitive in a regular magazine, but I could definitely see myself subscribing to something like that...
 
vanmacguy said:
I was given a really good iPhone book to review.

The book was really well written and nicely laid out, but I believe that anyone buying an iPhone probably knows most of the information that was in it. The real neophyte would probably find it interesting, but I feel that there aren't many of those around, and there's lots of stuff online for the newbie.

So no, I would not subscribe. That said, a magazine about coding for the iPhone would be interesting.

BTW, my favorite magazine for the Mac is a British one called iCreate. As it's an import, it's expensive, but it's loaded with tutorials for all the popular apps.

I advise all Mac people to check it out.

Cheers.
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The magazine would have iphone news. It wouldn't be a "how-to" manual!
 
I might get a subscription to it. It might be nice to have laying around. I agree that Mags tend to be behind a little bit but it is nice thumb through here and there.
 
JCastro said:
I might get a subscription to it. It might be nice to have laying around. I agree that Mags tend to be behind a little bit but it is nice thumb through here and there.
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If there actually was something worth reading in most.
It seems as if 3/4 of all computer magazines are advertisements… :eek:
 
arkitect said:
If there actually was something worth reading in most.
It seems as if 3/4 of all computer magazines are advertisements… :eek:
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I think that's the point - rather than the problem. Computer magazines are surviving while other mags decline because of the specialist advertising. Whether a magazine about iPhones could attract such advertising, I'm not so sure. Buyers have already spent their cash on an iPhone by the time they pick up the magazine, and I don't think there are enough peripherals and add-ons to the iPhone to create a decent advertisers' market for long enough to allow a magazine to pay back the initial investment.
 
Sorry, but I wouldn't. News changes too fast and is available for free on a tech product. The apps will be easy to search for and discussed on a bunch of iPhone sites (the good apps anyway!).
 
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