@stephenfry says: Nothing you can say about the iPad matches the experience of using it. So much more than a large iPhone or small laptop. Stunning feel.
The long-awaited convergence device is here. General chatter about the web seems to be that perhaps the reality doesn’t live up to the iDream (sorry, no more iPuns, I [...]
Apple iPad
Welcome to the busiest year ever!
Hello and welcome to 2010, everyone. In each of the last three years, publishers and the media have asked, ‘Will this year / next year be the year of the ebook?’ I think in 2010 we can all offer a resounding ‘Yes’ to that question. Digitalists, prepare for your busiest year ever!
I hardly need [...]
The Third Player
When we think of the Big Three West Coast tech firms poised to change publishing, we think Amazon, Apple and Google. Between them they embody a shift in discovery, distribution and hardware in reading and typify a move away from the traditional centres of the book world, in favour of more new media-native presences.
Kindle currently [...]
Don’t Write Off Ereaders Just Yet
This picture, taken at the R&D labs of the New York Times (featured on the TOC blog), seems to be saying that far from reading devices going away, they are now on an unstoppable trajectory: investment, diversification, rapid innovation, everything is there.
Yet in many ways, other than the blip that was the Kindle 2.0 launch, [...]

