Ryan said: Nick Carr's instant reaction to the Apple iPad announcement is my favorite piece of writing about it so far. Quote:
The rapturous reaction to Apple’s tablet - the buildup to Jobs’s announcement blurred the line between media feeding-frenzy and orgiastic pagan ritual - shows that our attitude to the tablet form has shifted. Tablets suddenly look attractive. Why? Because the nature of personal computing has changed.Added: January 27, 2010 at 5:05PM EST
Ryan said: Competition is good. Here's the most beautiful (and I use that word intentionally) concept video yet about a tablet/touchscreen/e-reader. Watch it and you'll want one. Quote:
This conceptual video is a corporate collaborative research project
initiated by Bonnier R&D into the experience of reading magazines on
handheld digital devices. It illustrates one possible vision for
digital magazines in the near future, presented by our design partners
at BERG.Added: December 17, 2009 at 7:48AM EST