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Posted on 01/14/2011 5:53:42 PM PST by RayChuang88
The iPad is changing how folks read stuff online--no surprise if you think how different a gizmo it is to a PC. But a new study shows it's moving online reading into primetime TV hours, which is big news. Is evening reading coming back, just in a digital style?
The study comes from internal data acquired by ReadItLater, a web service that lets users bookmark web content for perusal at a different time. Though you may think this slightly colors the dataset, the way this service works gives the company unique access to time-coded data on how iPad users (and traditional computer users) read content online.
(Excerpt) Read more at fastcompany.com ...
With the rumored 2G iPad with its improved display and better multimedia capabilities coming possibly in April 2011, this trend could REALLY accelerate. I'm definitely in the market for the 2G iPad, especially with the much large display it becomes a lot more useful as a media consumption device than the iPod touch I have now.
This will anger the TV gods.
What are these rumored impovements in the ipod 2 - better multimedia capabilities? Are they going to put Flash 10.1 on it. The Android 2.2 has Flash 10.1, and it works well. Are there other formats the ipod can’t currently play? Presumably the new ipod will have hdmi out so the ipod can be connected with the big tv. Many androids costing around $250 have the hdmi out currently with the ability to play all sorts of movie formats over to the tv.
Some day we will be able to sit back and turn on PJTV or Free Republic TV or whatever else straight from the web.
I sit on my sofa every night with my iPad on my lap and the tv on, am doing so now. I watch very little tv anymore even though it is on.
I just got a Kindle as a Christmas gift and yes, it will eat into what little prime time I watch, especially since I can watch most of “my” shows within the week online.
If I read a review for a book and it sounds good, or want blogs delivered to my pc, all I have to do is go to amazon and request/purchase it. It takes less than 30 seconds for a book to be delivered to my Kindle. On a night like tonight, I might have caught part of 20/20, but I just bought the book club book and will start tonight instead of stopping by the bookstore on the way home from church on Sunday.
Of course, this only happened with the ipad. ;) Hasn’t been happening steadily over the past 10 years.
Actually, I’m already doing something similar with my little 4G iPod touch—I can get the latest news from FoxNews.com and CNN.com’s websites designed for mobile users.
Yeah before I got the iPad I used my iPhone.
My dad would never touch a computer. Got him an iPad for christmas and he is having a ball with it.
I don’t have any of these gadgets, but it’s looking like the functionality of these Android devices is getting to the point that I want one. I think I probably would prefer a sub $200 device that’s pretty much a full computer - full internet with flash, that I could fit in a jacket / sweatshirt pocket. These iphones ipads have always been cool but they’ve always lacked the functionality. The Motorola Xoom won some best in show award at CES. I’m sure that the Xoom would meet my needs, but, since I really don’t need one, I’ll wait till theres a generic one with the same functionality for $200.
I really don’t like Apples attitude toward Flash, and their attitude about a lot of things. Is that a 3rd party cord, does this have hdmi?
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You can read books on the iPad but it sucks after a while as eye strain kicks in. The Kindle is much better for reading books.
The iPad is good for multiple uses and I am seriously thinking of getting one and I am definitely not an Apple fanboy.
My wife is a major book reader and I tried to convince her to get a Kindle for past 2 years. Got her one for Christmas and she is already hooked on it.
She went out and got the case herself and loves being able to have books delivered in 30 seconds or less, along with having 15 books on it already and available to read at will.
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With the rumors that the 2G iPad will get a higher-resolution display (either 1280x768 or 1280x960), that means the text will be much easier to read since with higher resolution you can better use font anti-aliasing effects to make them look better, similar to the ClearType font display technology Microsoft used since Windows XP. I've seen how this anti-aliasing technology works with the Barnes & Noble Color Nook reader and the results are amazing: incredibly clear typefaces on a color LCD screen.
I bought my wife a kindle reader for Christmas. I am on my third Vince Flynn Novel as we speak. Ant Vince Flynn readers out there??
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I'm not as sanguine unless Apple increases the screen resolution of the touchscreen on the iPad to 1280x768 or 1280x960 so on-screen fonts can be rendered more cleanly for a better long-term reading experience. I've seen the Barnes & Noble Color Nook and the font quality on the color screen is just phenomenal. 
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