IPAD as Apple eBook reader in schools
Unless you lived under a rock for the last month, now that I've heard the last Apple gadget called "IPAD" which was officially launched yesterday with much fanfare and media coverage.
One could easily brush in this gadget like any other geek promoted product, but might actually be more than meets the eye. IPAD could help to start a new category of devices, like what the iPhone has done in the smartphone industry.
Besides being Swiss army knife that can play music, photos, videos, games, change spreadsheets and documents can also be an eBook reader. This last category is what we are primarily interested CollegeToU @ here because we are focused on the target = '_blank "> education industry and all things of interest to the student community. But this is only the beginning with only two large companies that have created attractive products, wait until the engine Google Android open source players appear on the market by the end 2010. Then you can see companies like Dell, HP, HTC and others to create a lot of gadgets that, in addition to e-book readers It could also launch missiles (just kidding).
As we have seen other high-level companies target = "_self" title = "Amazon reader Kindle eBook "> Amazon has also launched its own electronic book reader is about one year. Clearly this market is heating up every day more high-tech companies paris its future by creating an entirely new product line focused on the digital readout. Amazon says its catalog of books Electronic currently contains about 400,000 books, newspapers and magazines. In the same lines as Apple announced yesterday that it would open a store similar to iTunes catalog iBooks call allows you to download electronic books in the IPAD and read electronically. No more hassle of buying a book or magazine paper and waste paper.
But I think there could be more to this device to read the novel while lying on the couch. What if all publishers of C12 and higher education got together and created books in an open format, compatible with
All e-book reader like Kindle or IPAD. You can save millions of trees each years of destruction and also save money because eBooks are cheaper than paper books. Publishers can offer up to 50-75% discount on the books due to reducing the cost of raw materials, printing, logistics and distribution. Although there must be a sophisticated electronic book store such as iTunes Store for music that has its own infrastructure costs and maintenance, but I think it is much smaller than the publication of a paper book.
Finally, We can do something for the earth more green instead of just talking.
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