Wired's Hands On (Brief) Review of the iPad

Sonist · 01-27-2010, 08:21 PM

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...ple-ipad/all/1

"...The built-in e-book reader, dubbed iBook, is eerily similar to the third-party iPhone app Classics, owned by Tap Tap Tap. You select a book from a digital book shelf; the pages flip in 3-D, and there’s a tool enabling you to increase font size or change the font. It’s a neat design, though a total ripoff. E-books will be purchasable through iTunes; Apple has formed content partnerships with Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, Penguin and Hachette to offer initial e-books. ..."

The "book" page looks pretty nice, IMO. I had never seen Tap Tap Tap's Classics before, but WOW, it's actually really cool (even if it doesn't look so close to what I see in the pic below).
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nekokami · 01-28-2010, 05:44 PM

Tap Tap Tap says the new iBook isn't theirs, however. (But they are giving theirs away for free for a limited time.)

Sonist · 01-28-2010, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by nekokami

Tap Tap Tap says the new iBook isn't theirs, however. (But they are giving theirs away for free for a limited time.)

Wow!

Thanks for the pointer. I don't read on my iPhone, but if it's free, I'll get it just because I like it :0

I like the way the book page looks on the iPad and can't wait to see it in real life.

01-27-2010, 08:21 PM	#1
Sonist Apeist Posts: 2,126 Karma: 381090 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The sunny part of California Device: Generic virtual reality story-experiential device	Wired's (Brief) Hands On Review of the iPad http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/...ple-ipad/all/1 "...The built-in e-book reader, dubbed iBook, is eerily similar to the third-party iPhone app Classics, owned by Tap Tap Tap. You select a book from a digital book shelf; the pages flip in 3-D, and there’s a tool enabling you to increase font size or change the font. It’s a neat design, though a total ripoff. E-books will be purchasable through iTunes; Apple has formed content partnerships with Harper Collins, Simon and Schuster, Macmillan, Penguin and Hachette to offer initial e-books. ..." The "book" page looks pretty nice, IMO. I had never seen Tap Tap Tap's Classics before, but WOW, it's actually really cool (even if it doesn't look so close to what I see in the pic below). + + Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Sonist; 01-27-2010 at 08:31 PM.

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01-28-2010, 05:44 PM	#2
nekokami fruminous edugeek Posts: 6,745 Karma: 551260 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Northeast US Device: iPad, eBw 1150	Tap Tap Tap says the new iBook isn't theirs, however. (But they are giving theirs away for free for a limited time.)

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