iPad

How will it effect the Publishing Industry?

Touch Screen Height:

9 inches Width:

7 inches Depth:

0.5 inch Weight:

1.5 pounds

Design

Features

Safari Mail Photos Videos YouTube iPod/iTunes App Store iBooks Maps Notes Calendar Contacts

Applications Real Racing Marvel Comics Wall Street Journal Epicurious At Bat 2010 E*Trade Mobile Pro Asphalt 5 Scrabble F1 2010 Sync your iPod Applications

onto your iPad; over 150,000

Pros for iPad Low price ($499)

Easy to use(Touch screen)

Targeted advertising Good to have around

the house Takes the place of a

laptop Newest technology out

there (not much competition)

Cons for iPad Temporary fix for the way

the publishing company is going right now

If you have a laptop, then you really do not need one

You don’t have the ability to smell scents that are advertised in the paper

It may not be what everyone is used to (Windows users)

iPad as the Publishing Industry’s Savior

Easy access to favorite magazines

Many applications have all ready been made (by magazines and newspapers)

Video quality on iPad is incomparable (Kindle/Nook)

Supported by the country’s #1 company in customer service

It’s an Apple

iPad destroying the Publishing Industry

Complex device to someCan kill the old way of

publishing: ultimately turning it into Internet/Self-Publishing

The publishing industry will be the first to go under (CDs, magazines, newspapers – will all be easier to access)

Media Creation Function

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iPad PollIf you had a steady

income, would you consider buying a iPad??

Sources Apple iPad Design and Attributes

Apple iPad Features and Abilities

Los Angeles Times: Apple iPad the publishing industry’s savior

Pros and Cons of iPad as the “Publishing Savior”

PC Magazine: iPad a Blessing and Curse for Publishing

O’Reilly Radar: Early reaction of the iPad

American Breaking News Headline: iPad Powerful Content Breaker