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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
There shouldn't really be a "fit" issue at all. The mags should be completely scalable, so they'll be consumable on any device. That's the point of being non-proprietary: Don't optimize it for one device, because users of all the other devices will suffer. Make it good for everyone, and you can't go wrong.
And BTW: Any e-magazine design that forces users to scroll around to see it all is a bad one.
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Agree 100%. They need to be like websites and scale to screen size. Within reason of course--just like most non mobile-version websites won't display readably on a smart phone, magazines don't need to go down that far.
But they should display readably without scrolling on say devices with screens 7-8" and up.
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
For me both 9.7" and 13" both are not really very portable. At least the ipad's 9.7. A 9.7" device with virtually no bezel and significantly lighter than the ipad might be borderline. But the report said the device weighed only half of what the ipad weighs. I could imagine it as a device used around the house, for web browsing, magazines, and newspapers. Very low weight, super thin, but big screen so that I wouldn't have to scroll around. Definitely not for carrying it with me.
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Well for me it's all moot. My Kindle 1 has never went anywhere outside the house when it wasn't in my briefcase/backpack. I've never been one of those who has to have reading material everywhere I go.
So other than another pound or two of weight, a 12-13" tablet isn't any less portable for me than my Kindle as it would just go in my briefcase.
It's something I'd only use at home or the office anyway, and for out of town travel where I didn't need a laptop and could just check e-mail etc. on the tablet device.