Good idea. Electronic textbooks are starting to appear. It won't be long until they're the status quo. Paul On Feb 3, 2010, at 4:44 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
> Here is my idea of a runaway hit for the iPad. > 1) Make it multitask apps - you'll see why in a minute > 2) Negotiate with College Textbook publishers for ebooks of all > textbooks - $50 a pop - way cheaper than the printed ones, but COGS > is low > 3) Have a decent note taking app > 4) Have a small, decent word processor > 5) sell to college students instead of a laptop > > I have two girls in college. Books are outrageous in price. The > battery life of the iPad and ebooks would work perfectly for them. > Beyond lots of web surfing/social networking, just lightweight word > processing is needed. The appeal of the iPad would be embraced by > that group. The price is a no brainer because I wouldn't have to buy > them a laptop and the cost of college texts would more than pay for > the device the first year. > > -- > Best regards, > Bruce > > > Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 1:09:35 PM, you wrote: > > MR> John Sessoms wrote: > >>> From: Godfrey DiGiorgi >>>> damm funny >>>> >>>> http://scottbourne.com/post/368750997/q-a-with-scott-bourne-about-the-ipad >>> >>> I guess you had to be there. >>> >>> I will NOT being an ipad. Has nothing to do with my disdain for Apple >>> the corporation. Although I have that in plenty. >>> >>> It's simply because the ipad doesn't do anything for me I can't already >>> do with my existing laptop, and the ipad can't do a lot of things I can >>> do with my laptop ... like connect a USB card reader. > > MR> In all seriousness, I think the iPad has a lot of potential for > MR> photographers, as Scott Bourn points out in his posts about it. The > MR> second generation of the device will probably have a USB connection > MR> and likely an SD slot as well, if only because there will be > MR> competitors with these features by then (Scott's downplaying of this > MR> shortcoming strikes me not as Apple fanboyism but just the > MR> rationalization of anyone delighted with a new toy). The inability to > MR> show raw files will probably be overcome through software very soon. > > MR> What Apple's done *right* is what Google always does right: Start with > MR> very *few* features and add stuff gradually as experience and > MR> real-life use demonstrate how it's used and what its strong and weak > MR> points are. Too many companies start with by throwing everything into > MR> a new product to see what sticks <cough>Sony<cough>. > > MR> This looks like a classic case of "wait until the early adopters pay > MR> the high prices of the first-generation product and let them fund the > MR> R&D for the better and cheaper second-gen device". :) > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
