Comments on: Apple Tablet: The Promise by Sports Illustrated

By: equalman

equalman — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:33:27 +0000

Dan:

Love your James Earl Jones line! Like you I believe many hope the Tablet is for real.

Best, Erik

By: Daniel DiRico

Daniel DiRico — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:24:46 +0000

If there was ever a reason to say “game changer” this would be it!

I’ve been following Apple for a long time and in a nutshell, if the tablet is a real product (still not 100% clear) it has the potential to kill the web browser as we know it.

Putting a “device” between the publisher and the consumer (i.e. tablet) opens up a profit machine of unimaginable size and scale for:

*Apple (no brainer there!)
*Publishers
*Advertisers
*Social Media (the interaction will be huge)

The only downside for consumers is that paid content is coming back in 2010. But they will pay for this exclusive, media tablet experience.

I can almost hear James Earl Jones’ voice saying to Steve Jobs “they’ll pass over the money without even thinking about it.”

By: equalman

equalman — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:42:56 +0000

Andrew:

The concept looks good – we’ll see if they can pull it off.

Cheers, Erik

By: Andrew Flocchini

Andrew Flocchini — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:11:35 +0000

Wow! I believe a nice device could revive the publishing industry.