Prediction about the Apple iPad
I know, last year it was all about the Kindle. Now it’s all about the Apple iPad and the Kindle. Keeping this in mind Daniweb’s Ron Miller offers this article “Does iPad Mean Death to Kindle?” A very interesting read.
I’m in complete agreement with Mr. Miller’s practical take on what is basically a very new (and unpredictable) industry. Like we’ve said here, the future of eBooks is not an either/or situation. And with a marketplace of many hundred millions, there is plenty of room for personal preference, and so lots of room for a wide variety of devices.
Compare Apple iPad and our old friend Kindle
CRAVE the gadget blog from CNETnews offers this cool little chart here comparing Apple iPads and Amazon Kindles as eBook Readers. Nice to see it all laid out there.
I have to say, I’m still waiting for Apple to clear the air about the Apple iPad App iBooks. We know it will read EPUB format, but what else does it read and how do you add non-Apple books.
I’ve got a feeling we can attribute the gray areas to the major publishers who signed on. Those publishing dinosaurs still believe eBook sales cannibalize hard cover sales and appear to have agreed to the iPad platform with lots of reservations and strings attached. (The eBook pricing says as much, yah?)
An Opinion on the Apple iPad
More reaction to the release of Apple’s self-described ‘game-changer’ iPad. Thanks to our friend Jorgen for this link to an opinion piece by the Telegraph’s Justin Williams entitled: “Why I don’t want an Apple iPad.” (nuff said?)
It’s just the hype-hangover talking, yah?
iBooks on the Apple iPad
It stands to reason that we’ll all be inundated with stories and articles about the Apple iPad. As the dust settles, we’re starting to get to the specifics.
Ok. We’ve all heard that it’s just a big iPhone, but it does have eBook reading capability and that’s what we were waiting to hear. PCWorld goes into more detail here about the eBook reading APP called iBook. It looks like they’re going to offer titles between $8 and $15 from five major publishers: Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Hachette Book Group. (More about the Apple iBook pricing story here at MediaMemo. Did Apple learn from its own digital music lesson?)
The iPad also reads EPUB format, so that tells us that despite the (still-too) high eBook prices they haven’t designed themselves into a corner with proprietary formats. More as the story unfolds, yah?
Apple iPad- More at Engadget.com
Here is a link to Engadget.com (again, great job covering the launch!) where they get their hands on the Apple iPad and give it their ‘first look.’ Sounds like they are both impressed and disappointed. They’ve got a full video walkthrough too…
The eBooks with the ‘flipping’ pages looks very cool, but it’s got to eat into the battery life, yah?
Here’s the eBook Shot (iBook)on Apple iPad we’ve been waiting for. (Thanks Engadget…)
Click the image to visit the launch at Engadget liveblog.
Apple Tablet (Pad or Slate?) Launches in minutes…
Here’s a link to live updates from CNNMoney. Apple is launching a ’secret’ device that everyone believes is the rumored ‘tablet.’ This is touted as an eBook Revolution game changer.
Here’s another link to the launch at Engadget.
Check it out!
