In the future you may not have to go to the newsagent any longer.
That’s Robert Penfold, US correspondent for the nine network reviewing the iPad from Apple – on Sky News a few minutes ago – and talking about the use of the device to read newspapers and magazines.
i really like the ipad product, but it worries the hell outta me that it will affect the newsagency channel.
it is bsically a large version of a iphone, but that has alot of benefits and uses.
there has been a trend in the last 5 years to have specific hardware for each task.
you have to have a smart phone (iphone, blackberry etc) a laptop, a desktop, an mp3 player (ipod etc)and a gaming console (playstation)
but all of these pieces of equipment do things that the others do, and a smart phone will do them all.
but there is a tidy market for each of them anyways. apple and sony etc have done this for a very simple reason.
peter