Thread: Steve Jobs on the "iPod of reading"
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:09 AM   #188
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Originally Posted by Utahcowboy View Post
Most teachers refuse to go paperless (especially english teachers) because of all the reading that they have to do, and would much rather read paper than their computer LCD screen. But with an ebook reader, they can download the essays from their students onto the device and read it with ease. In the future I also see that most, if not all, divices will support a stylus like the Iliad has and will be able to edit manuscripts with notations in a variety of formats and not just pdf. Mr. Jobs is just not seeing all the possibilities in the inevitable future of reading. These things will replace the book and traditional computer reading.
Agreed. Shamefully no device today can support the 8 by 10 format necessary for scholars. Can't "they"(aPple) feel the huge market out there? Or is it imposssible to face the obtuse unwavering paper mindset behind the educational institutions?

The dreamed magazine format machine would make huge inroads in to changing things in education. A stable footed electronic reading device, such as iPod has become to music distribution, is required to be 'instituted' before anything happens. We can only dream it for now...
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