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Originally Posted by wallcraft
I would not be surprised if Apple banned ebook apps from the iPad....
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They don't ban music apps like Pandora, in fact there are numerous music-playing apps for the iPhone. Newspapers and magazines also have their own iPhone apps, so at a minimum those won't be banned either.
The most likely scenario is they will continue to prevent apps from accessing iTunes content, and that's about it. I have no doubt that the Kindle app, B&N App, Stanza, and approximately 20,000+ eBooks, will continue to be available.
Remember, Apple makes most of its money off of hardware sales, not content sales. There is no real "competing content," since more content will drive more hardware sales.
By the way, technically it'd be a snap to "retroactively" ban an app, they can
yank any apps off of every iPhone at any time. It's unlikely they would use the "kill switch" for commercial uses though.