An interesting article in The Age (Melbourne) about how Australian media companies are embracing the iPad. They quoted some interesting stats:
A small US survey last week of iPad owners, by research company ChangeWave, found that half read newspapers on their device, compared with 14 per cent of those on all other e-readers. Almost 40 per cent of iPad owners used the device to read magazines, as against 11 per cent on other e-readers.
I must say that our iPad (soon to be iPads) are mostly used for reading. The biggest limitation is the lack of books available – both in the iBooks store and Kindle store. It feels like the early days of video and music online where you had to hunt to find the right stuff.
I’m sure over the next couple years this will change and you will be able to get all types of content on the iPad and other ‘tablet’ devices that come out.
Tags: ipad, magazines, newspapers