Ipad and Periodicals
"I suspect the iPad has some potential to transform the periodical industry. Newspapers are pretty hopeless on the Kindle, but look as though they will be considerably better on the iPad."
I agree with this comment and, while I think that this first version of the Ipad is a bit too bulky for many folks, I'm hoping that it will, as someone else commented, make it easy for occasional readers to begin to get the feel of an ereader. Someone else mentioned the need for a flexible version that would be easier to carry around, and when that happens (with color), things should break open for those who want to read periodicals on these devices.
Hopefully, having Apple in the market will push other manufacturers to improve their devices and to lower their prices. I paid $580.Cn in December for my Sony 600, and, while I love it, it was a stretch for me to get it It sure would have been nice to at least get color for that price! Mind you, part of that cost was the $75. for the cover (!), which I needed as I read in bed a lot with my dog beside me, and he has big claws which would make short work of that screen if he stepped on it! The hard cover protects it wonderfully!
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