Apple today unveiled its new iPad, a device somewhere between a mobile phone and a laptop. While the web is full of assessments of the hardware, there's also analysis of the implications for content creators. Indeed, even before the launch, TechCrunch predicted it could lead to a media revolution.And, as Doug Aamoth reports, Apple are also launching an e-books store.
Apple’s hoping to recreate the magic of what iTunes did for music with the addition of a vast selection of electronic books. Announced at Apple’s event today, the iBook store.The iPad will start shipping in America in late March and, apparently, will be available the UK at the same time .
Book pricing has been set similarly to what’s offered on Amazon.com’s Kindle platform — the first book will be $14.99, a Ted Kennedy book (available on Kindle for $14.78). It works just like the App Store with a simple tap to purchase the book.
I see the iPad as quite a different proposition from the Kindle. The latter is just a straightforward alternative to a printed book, but the iPad really makes all the talk of "vooks" achievable. It could be the second coming of multimedia - only this time round on a platform that is convenient and portable. And I want one!
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