Archive for the ‘Apple iPad’ Category
A true competitor to the iPad? The Samsung Galaxy Tab…
2 September 2010
Previously in our blog we’ve published information about the iPad and competitors that are due and have already been launched. The latest news is today Samsung Electronics Co have announced the launch of the Samsung GALAXY Tab. A statement from the company have announced the Samsung GALAXY Tab will be launched in Europe in mid September, and in other markets including Korea, the US and Asia in ‘coming months.’
“Samsung recognises the tremendous growth potential in this newly-created market and we believe that the Samsung Galaxy Tab brings a unique and open proposition to market,” says the press release
Why are digital readers reading more?
26 August 2010
2010 has seen a great deal of statistics and trends being released about digital media and publishing. We’ve read with great interest the developments in reader habits and behaviour as digital publishing surges.
What is interesting aside from the figures of growth is that digital reading has made us enjoy reading again. Amazon, reported that customers buy 3.3 times as many books after buying a Kindle. Whether this figure is enhanced in the early days due to the novelty factor of readers having a new gadget is not known, only time will tell. Another finding published on Fast Company seems to complement this figure by finding that 40% of ebook reader owners read more than they did prior to their purchase. So why?….
Latest survey results predicts positive future for publishing
17 August 2010
It’s been a busy and positive first half of 2010 for digital publishing. Apple’s iPad has certainly had a huge impact on the digital publishing market since it’s launch and eased to a huge 3 Million sold – in just 80 days. The competition to the iPad is also set to heat up – see our recent post on the future devices that will compete with the iPad. There’s also been a number of iPad Apps released that have been classed as ‘sozines’ – dynamic publications that are populated based on a readers preferences such as Flipboard and Pulse. So a lot of developments in the last 6 months alone which has sparked a number of reports and studies that given interesting insights and predictions.
News Corp to launch new digital newspaper for iPad
16 August 2010
News Corp. is set to launch a new national newspaper which will be distributed on mobile devices, via a paid for App according to a recent LA Times article.
It is believed that the new digital newspaper is likely to compete with the other national publications including USA Today and The New York Times and will be marketed towards those readers wishing to consume their news ‘on the go’.
This latest news may not come as a great surprise to many, and has perhaps been on the cards since Rupert Murdoch CEO, News Corp. voiced his opinions for the potential success of the iPad recently “We’ll have young people reading newspapers,” he said during a recent conference call. “It’s a real game changer in the presentation of news.”
Digital Publishing approaches to Apple’s ban on nudity
12 August 2010
Steve Jobs and the iPad’s rules of ‘no to nudity’ has been well documented this year, first there was the removal of 5000 apps from the from the App Store, including many that were claimed to feature “overtly sexual” content. Then there was the famous exchange of words via email between Jobs and Valleywag’s Ryan over “Freedom from porn”.
Steve Jobs has stated “If we find these apps contain inappropriate material we remove them and request the developer make any necessary changes in order to be distributed by Apple.”
Now as more Publishers look to make their content available on the iPad we’re looking into the various approaches publishers are taking….
What type of people read digital publications on the iPad?
10 August 2010
Sideways, the first magazine exclusively designed and written for the iPad, recently surveyed readers as part of the Magazine’s July Issue (June 2010 was the debut issue) and garnered an impressive 20 percent response rate with 93 percent completion rate. Sideways takes full advantage of the iPad’s capabilities to present stories that are immersive and engaging in ways that print alone is not.
Many of the survey responses were in line with the typical early adopter demographic. Results include the following: (more…)
Is Digital publishing under threat from Social Magazines?
9 August 2010
Over the last few weeks I have been watching the rise of social magazines or ‘sozines’ with great interest. For any of you who are not familiar with social magazines, they are dynamic publications that are populated based on a readers preferences rather than the content that the publishers decides to insert into that issue of the magazine.
A ‘SoZine’ is a publication that is of that moment, dynamic, updated on every launch . A digital publication or digital edition is an online recreation of a print publication, in which the content is (normally) static or fixed. (more…)
Subscriptions battle between Apple and Publishers
29 July 2010
The iPad news just keeps on coming. It’s been well documented that getting an iPad App approved by Apple is not the quickest or easiest process…… this week we hear how that frustration is now felt by Times Inc. and this could pose a problem for many other publishers in the near future.
It is reported that Apple has banned Times’ Inc from selling and managing subscriptions for its Sports Illustrated iPad apps. According to a recent article on All things Digital the publisher had planned to launch a subscription version of its Sports Illustrated iPad app, where consumers would download the magazines via Apple’s iTunes but pay Time Inc. directly not through the iTunes store.
The subscriptions area is a huge deal for publishers. Not only do subscriptions give publishers recurring revenue, but perhaps more importantly they give the publisher invaluable readership and customer data that enable them to keep track of their subscribers.
Is the future ‘social news’?
22 July 2010
Earlier this week we wrote an article about the future of newspapers and where the future was heading. Two days after we wrote that article another new iPad app has entered the market (and gone straight to the No.1 spot in the app store) which further develops the idea of ‘personalized news’.
We stated in the post that until apps allowed users to customize what content they wish to appear in their digital publications apps, only then would we see a new channel to market emerge for digital newspapers. And then….. Wednesday arrives, enter Flipboard.
The future of Newspapers?
19 July 2010
Yet another news reader app has hit the app store this week, Apollo News, offering the next step in what they call the ‘future of newspapers’ or personalized digital editions. This company was founded and is run by some heavyweight coders from Google and Microsoft. It seems that everyone is rushing to crack the personalized news market. But is it really personalized news ?
The ‘Apollo News’ app is similar to existing iPad apps such as Pulse, the Huffington Post new app and early edition and they all seem to be similar in functionality to that of the BBC app.
The BBC app was one of the first apps that I downloaded and, forgiving the odd crash, I was hooked on it. While the BBC app doesn’t allow you the ability to personalize the news categories as yet, I would imagine that this is something that will appear in future releases. What it does offer you is the complete article without distraction or causing you to lose focus. You do not have to leave the app or load in the webpage to a viewer integrated inside the app like all of the above mentioned readers.
