Comments on: Will iPad & Tablets Be Our Sunday Paper?

By: Chacha del Rio

Chacha del Rio — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:04:47 +0000

Hey, Don, generalizations about a people (Hispanics) usually is prejudiced and racist. Check yourself, please.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:45:40 +0000

[In this analogy, Tablet = paper (made from trees)]. There will very likely be applications made for tablets that become the modern day equivalent of the Sunday Paper in that they prescribe a robust editorial and a compelling UX that evolve into your “first-stop” for news and information. But in this new tablet paradigm, one tablet application for each newspaper would be like getting 20 papers delivered to your doorstep. What I’d prefer is an app that let users identify the topics they’re interested in, while the platform goes out and retrieves the best stories. As it currently stands, going to a particular source in the hopes that they’ve recently written about your favorite topics seems old school, and unable to keep up with the increased volume of content being written. Especially in the age of distributed publishing platforms. I want a personalized news reader that is topic-based and source-agnostic.

By: Travis@TradeTechSports

Travis@TradeTechSports — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:56:58 +0000

Im not sure if tablets will take over but definitely some sort of mobile media. I use my iphone to read the latest news. I think the baby boomers will be the last generation to really “subscribe” to physical papers. My mom, for example, still likes flipping through the paper and looking at the Sunday Ads.

By: fjpoblam

fjpoblam — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:52:17 +0000

(In anticipation:) I can easily see getting *daily static* (i.e., newspaper) news from an iPad. What I fear for is ongoing updates (e.g., “fresh” ongoing updates such as one might receive from the 10AM, noon, afternoon, and evening news on radio or TV).

By: Sammy

Sammy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:13:51 +0000

I don’t read the old newspaper for more then 2 years

By: don

don — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:05:54 +0000

It does litter the streets around here due to the large hispanic population that could care less about what’s in the papers tossed in their driveways for free.

By: don

don — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 12:04:05 +0000

As long as they include an on-line Sudoku, I’m OK.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:05:04 +0000

Yes, absolutely! I’m from a big family and my newspaper always get scatter around if I’m the last one to read! This will save me a lot!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:47:33 +0000

Well nowadays who can afford the waste of time in looking for important stuff inside the social stream flush… I stopped doing it a week ago. Now using the Hitpad app for the iPad, which shows me snippets of information on the current happening. 5 minutes with this app and I’m all set. Free time is a luxury? Not necessarily.

By: HD Boy

HD Boy — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:52:11 +0000

The iPad and iPhone already completely replaced my Sunday newspaper, daily newspaper and weekly news magazine — I stopped reading ALL print editions of local, national and international periodicals two years ago and don’t miss the ink stains one bit. In addition Apple’s iOS devices often serve my HDTV and radio news too — live or recorded.

As far as I’m concerned, the print era is dead, even though I worked in print news for 20 years.