{"id":4992,"date":"2010-01-27T18:30:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-27T22:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mathewingram.com\/work\/?p=4992"},"modified":"2010-01-27T18:30:19","modified_gmt":"2010-01-27T22:30:19","slug":"will-the-itablet-help-the-media-possibly-save-the-media-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathewingram.com\/work\/2010\/01\/27\/will-the-itablet-help-the-media-possibly-save-the-media-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the iTablet help the media? Possibly. Save the media? No."},"content":{"rendered":"

Is the newly launched<\/a> Apple tablet, the iPad, beautiful? Yes. Drool-worthy, in fact. Will Apple sell a lot of them? If the iPod and the iPhone are anything to go by, then yes \u2014 and at $499 for the basic version, they are priced to move. But does the iPad contain anything that could be seen as throwing a lifeline to the foundering ship of traditional media? Well, no.<\/p>\n

Once you get past the hype (of which there has been a boatload), the iPad is really just a larger version of the iPod touch, with some interface and usability tweaks thrown in around things like email, games and e-books. Has the iPhone changed the traditional print media business? Not at all \u2014 unless you think selling an app for your publication (as Conde Nast has for GQ<\/a>) is a game-changer.<\/p>\n

Yes, the New York Times app looks impressive, with video that plays right inside the newspaper display (although you can do that on the NYT web site, too). But will a fancier app change the nature of the newspaper business or the magazine business? No.<\/p>\n

Please read the rest of this post<\/a> at GigaOm<\/em><\/p>\n

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Is the newly launched Apple tablet, the iPad, beautiful? Yes. Drool-worthy, in fact. Will Apple sell a lot of them? If the iPod and the iPhone are anything to go by, then yes \u2014 and at $499 for the basic version, they are priced to move. But does the iPad contain anything that could be … <\/p>\n

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