Wired’s tablet edition: The e-book angle
E-books, e-magazines and newspapers can piggyback on each other, so it’s good to see Conde Nast demoing a Wired Magazine edition for the ever-rumored Apple tablet.
I hope the idea evolves the right way, with such features as customizable, reflowable text. Didn’t Shakespeare say, “Kill all the designers”? More seriously, shouldn’t smart designers learn to live with reflowability?
Needless to say, Conde Nast’s concept and similar ones could be used with hardware from other vendors.
I continue to believe we’ll see an Apple tablet in time, but if not, then other vendors will fill in the gap.
Significantly, Comcast and other cable interests are starting to set up shop on the Net, with movies and other offerings for subscribers. The more enticing the content, the more market for hardware. And movie-capable hardware could work great for e-books—perhaps displayed in double-page format.
And speaking for twin pages: When the devil is the new Kindle for PC app going to have them? That would be high on my list, along with other wrinkles such as a choice of fonts and optional all-text bolding, which can be useful even on many LCDs.
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