Comments on: Apple’s Mythical Tablet Perfect for Comic Books

By: nicors communication - Mpls VPN

nicors communication - Mpls VPN — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:15 +0000

If the hardware manufacturers and content publishers let them sell an app that supports CBR and CBZ files as well as LongBox’s proprietary and secure format this will work... cu tb nicors MPLS and VPN Site for Date Solution

By: James

James — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:25:12 +0000

Yeh :D That was a wicked idea :D If that comes to an Apple Tablet, then I’m sure lots of people will buy the complete package :D

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NYT Editor Hints at Upcoming Apple Slate — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:27:49 +0000

[...] on Keller’s part, or is he a man in possession of privileged information? As I mentioned last week, Apple is said to have recently been in secret talks with publishers about content delivery via a [...]

By: robinson

robinson — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:36:16 +0000

Good stuff, but your web pages have no left-hand margin… it makes it hard to read!

By: Yacko

Yacko — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:14:54 +0000

You don’t need a semi-portable tablet with limited battery life to read comics. You may find yourself actually reading less with a device like that. I read comics on a secondary 24″ HP monitor in portrait orientation on a iMac. I can tell you that reading a page bigger than a comic or GN page is a joy. On a device whose screen is at best the same size and possibly a bit smaller, I don’t think it’s going to be much fun. Companies will start having to pay attention to highlights in shadows and illegible text on strange colors in order to make the experience better, perhaps like LightRooming or Photoshopping a photo for best screen clarity. If they expect to shovel something onto readers then it isn’t going to work. I wonder what the screen gamma of these devices is and whether it will be consistent across readers?

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:26:49 +0000

Comics (better Graphic Novels, no one in Europe is reading comic series) are still cool with dead tree, but it would be a good addition to digital readers.

I hope the tablet is not only for media, also for productivity.

I still can’t visualize the tablet in my mind. GUI, hardware design and the benefits it’s bringing.

By: Travis

Travis — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:18:52 +0000

Doesn’t anyone remember the movie ‘Big’ with Tom Hanks…his idea (21 yrs ago) was an electronic comic book.

By: Tuttle

Tuttle — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:17:58 +0000

If the hardware manufacturers and content publishers let them sell an app that supports CBR and CBZ files as well as LongBox’s proprietary and secure format this will work. If they don’t it’ll go over like a music player that doesn’t support MP3s.

Cool thing is LongBox realizes this. I just hope the manufacturers and publishers do.

By: str1f3

str1f3 — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:16:10 +0000

I agree with everything you said. I think that the tablet is really going to take over what was the book/notebook/textbook/newspaper/magazine/comic industry. iTunes is really starting to control all purchase of content. It’s starting to really make me believe the rumors that iTunes may become the next Paypal.