the sun
yippee, soon i'll be able to read 'the sun' on an expensive tablet.....or i could just buy a copy of 'the sun'....or i could just visit the website of 'the sun'.
back to the glue sniffing...
Apple turns to Murdoch for iSlate content
Apple is reportedly in talks with HarperCollins for the publisher to provide content for the upcoming iSlate. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been talking to HarperCollins about selling eBooks for the iSlate - or whatever Apple decides to call the Newton's successor - along with details of how exactly "enhanced …
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 14:54 GMT Anonymous Coward
Ad-supported OS patent
If you want to do want to “link the whole thing to Murdoch's much-discussed plan to make readers pay for content, if one wanted to join all the dots,” then worth recalling this story http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/16/intrusive_apple_ad_patent/
Just my two cents, but rather than having an ad-operated OS on a regular computer, as has been tried and err, tested with little success (as the story suggested), I reckon this kind of patent would be very attractive to publishers. Particularly ones like Murdoch, who aren’t happy with the current online revenue model.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 15:42 GMT Anonymous Coward
Wow!
Nice one Rupie baby?
The ad content OS aspect might actually be helpful too if integrated with GPS (avoid this route, accident on that route, hold up on the other, ...
Or even for public venues (opening hours, closure days and dates, when the refuse collectors call and for what, ... )
So an integrated way of doing stuff might not be too bad at all (content, content and contented content?)
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 16:14 GMT LinkOfHyrule
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Oh wow, dose this mean e-ink/OLED tits at last? With multi-touch? Oh no of course it won't, Apple doesn't do tit's.
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The Sun doesn't really seem like the sort of publication Apple fanbois read (bit down market), neither dose The Times (bit right wing) so would Newscorp and Apple really be a good fit?
Then again, if Rupert wants to charge for on-line access to his 'content' and people actually do pay then both he and Apple do share something in common - Customers who spend ridiculous amounts of money on locked down, restricted, questionable products.
Paris, cos she has multi-touch too
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 16:59 GMT Anonymous Coward
re: Page 3
Well, the article mainly mentions the venerable publisher, HarperCollins, so is really talking about books.
However, as to your question would Murdoch's new Corporation be a natural for Apple, the answer is 'yes, if it pays'. There's a bit more to News Corpoation than the two UK papers you mentioned... it has quite a few papers in quite a few countries, such as the Wall Street Journal. It also comprises of hip and happening (albeit overtaken by Facebook) MySpace and large number of online media outlets, television stations, film companies etc etc.
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Tuesday 19th January 2010 17:05 GMT John Savard
Oh, Dear
China running out of 10-inch LCDs, and now this. Apparently this new product will indeed be an enlarged iPod Touch, then, which is only good for running approved software, if it is at least partly an eBook reader.
It could still be true that if it isn't available in a cell phone version, Apple might have a more liberal policy on applications for it than for its companions, and actually allow applications that users can program themselves. I dearly hope so, even if I personally wouldn't be likely to buy one in any case, because I would like to see Apple make something useful.
Instead of a cool toy that could have been a useful and powerful tool, but which Apple has forced to be just a toy.
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Wednesday 20th January 2010 00:19 GMT Anonymous Coward
Le grumble
Well, if the "killer app" is loads of Murdochware, that's about the first rumour about the new iThingy that I've heard that has in any way put me off.
If it's not auto-enriching Murdoch out of the box, I may consider it, otherwise, will avoid like the wossname.
In other news, Ocado tell me they have discontinued the free copy of the Times with every delivery, so I can get my bourgouis running whelk pig dog hyena on and order from them again sans Murdochware, yay!
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