Rumors are flying that publishers are getting products ready to launch with an Apple tablet computer. Apple has been mostly mum about plans for a tablet computer, something smaller than a laptop that could be used to read books, newspapers, play games and surf the Web.
This week, Sports Illustrated released a video showing how the magazine might be read on a product like a tablet. It looks interesting. Advertisements are much more than pictures. Readers can click them and see live video. You can easily toggle pictures, even send them to friends via Facebook or e-mail. You can read articles and all content is in full-color.
It's like reading the magazine without having the paper (but also having it come alive when you want it to).
Here's the sample video.
Friday, December 04, 2009
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Who cares? As far as market share goes, Apple is still fringe computing (less than 10%). Using tablets is even less than that.
That's kind of like saying "As far as market share goes, BMW is a fringe automaker (less than 10%)".
Apple has shown over the last decade that it can take an existing product category (MP3 players, smart phones) and make them vastly more successful than they ever were before. I don't see any reason to believe that Apple couldn't do the same with a tablet...
Wow, they're only about a decade late. This is kind of a perennial rumour. Tablets seem like a good idea until you actually use one. They're just not very practical for most tasks. If they actually succeed in making one thats more than a short-lived novelty I'll be impressed.
And by the way, OWC has been making "ModBook" Mac tablets for a few years now.
For those of you who may not remember, Apple already had a tablet type piece of hardware years ago called the Newton. It was one of the 1st PDAs out there, with more function.
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