Thread: Steve Jobs on the "iPod of reading"
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Old 03-01-2008, 10:24 AM   #189
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Originally Posted by yvanleterrible View Post
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?
I don't believe the market is anywhere near huge by Apple standards.

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Or is it imposssible to face the obtuse unwavering paper mindset behind the educational institutions?
If you are a tescher, you must not only read papers. You must comment on and grade them. You do this by marking up the paper. That is not currently very feasible with ebook readers.

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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...
Convince Apple there is an iPod sized market for suck a thing. You'll have problems, because there isn't.
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