Is this the Future of SI?
by Year2 on Dec 9, 2009 1:29 PM EST
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PrintRight now in the tech world, the hot thing seems to be tablet computing. This ranges from e-readers like the Kindle or Nook, to Internet appliances like the Crunchpad/JooJoo, to the long-rumored, never seen, yet fully functional iPad from Apple (which supposedly has been scrapped and restarted several times because, in the alleged words of Steve Jobs, the only thing it's good for is browsing the Internet while sitting on the toilet).
With the theorized tablet revolution coming, publishers are beginning to prepare content for the format. Witness what Sports Illustrated is showing off as the potential future of the magazine format:
It certainly looks interesting to me, and it has all of the requisite eye candy effects and iPhone-like finger gestures. I'm not sure that I would choose this over browsing sports web sites, but then I don't subscribe to any magazines as it is.
So what do you think? Is this a compelling new way to read your sports? Would this keep you subscribing to SI (or your mag of choice) if/when the dead tree format goes away?
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The iPoop
"So I want everybody to think here for a second, how much does this game mean to you? 'Cause if it means something to you, you can't stand still. You understand? You play fast! You play strong! You go out there and dominate the man you're playing against, and you make his ass quit! That's our trademark! That's our M.O.... as a team! That's what people know us as!" - Coach Nick Saban before the 2008 LSU game.
by 12NationalChampionships on Dec 9, 2009 2:30 PM EST reply actions
I desire the clear, roll-up newspapers
seen in “Minority Report” and “Children of Men” more than any piece of (plausible) technology in science fiction. I want it so bad. I’m going to hold off on a reader until I get flexibility and color.
And of course I will not be reading SI the magazine on it. What is the point of magazines, online or no, when websites have everything in any magazine times roughly ten trillion. Oh, and it’s not dated.
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