For a long while now rumours have been ramping up about Apple’s impending ‘tablet’. Most recently a flurry of activity has centred around how Apple will shake up the news industry as they did the music biz. Hmmm. Interesting. This comes at a time where news online is no longer the freebie it once was and whilst I’ve yet to be prompted for a PayPal login or credit card nudge to read my favourite news sites this could become reality…and soon.
In the latest episode of Diggnation Alex Albrecht hints at the price point as being extremely low.
This got me thinking – would this tablet be subsidised based on a subscription model driving revenue to news providers or groups? Like everyone else I’m intrigued as to what Apple have up their sleeve here. I remember also like many being totally cynical of the iPod when it first came out. At the time I was immersed in my music production and live act career and music was (and still is) something in my blood and close to my heart. I didn’t believe that people would settle for the inferior sound of compressed mp3 files but years later and Apple have truly revolutionised not only the music business but also made an enormous impression in the mobile phone world. Can they do the same for print media and news?
