Comments on: e-Textbooks: How Apple Can Dominate the Education Market With the iTablet http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/ Sat, 26 May 2012 17:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The iPad and e-Books: A Missed Opportunity « Tech News http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358400 Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:05:08 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358400 [...] the iPad announcement pundits, including myself, were frothing at the mouth over what an Apple tablet device might mean for the e-book industry. [...]

]]> By: The iPad and e-Books: A Missed Opportunity | Bookbee http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358399 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:56:38 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358399 [...] the iPad announcement pundits, including myself, were frothing at the mouth over what an Apple tablet device might mean for the e-book industry. [...]

]]> By: The iPad and e-Books: A Missed Opportunity http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358398 Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:52:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358398 [...] 03, 2010 by Alfredo Padilla and 2 people have commented Before the iPad announcement pundits, including myself, were frothing at the mouth over what an Apple tablet device might mean for the e-book industry. [...]

]]> By: iTablet: Apple Will Dominate the Education Market! « Wired Educator http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358397 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 01:50:37 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358397 [...] a comment » I just read a very interesting blog on http://www.theappleblog.com titled, “e-Textbooks: How Apple Can Dominate the Education Market With the iTablet.  Click [...]

]]> By: [e-Textbooks] Kindle Pitfalls: What can Apple and others learn from this? | edu.Mac.nation http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358396 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 02:29:51 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358396 [...] e-Textbooks: How Apple Can Dominate the Education Market With the iTablet “In particular, students and professors note the difficulty of adding notes, highlighting text and finding content quickly. One student called the Kindle DX ‘…a poor excuse of an academic tool.’ Professors are finding that they have to change their style of teaching because off the difficulties that students are having marking up texts. The absence of real page numbers is also cited as a problem.” [...]

]]> By: 10/8/09 Publishing News Update | PublishingGuy's News Update http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358395 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:55:57 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358395 [...] e-Textbooks: how Apple can dominate the education market with the iTablet [...]

]]> By: Ian http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358394 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:11:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358394 The price of printing textbooks is high. Also textbooks are often resold at least a couple of times. This provides publishers the opportunity to offer e-textbooks at a significant discount.

XML and XHTML offer publishers the opportunity to add interactivity and diagrams that can be much more effective. Not to mention all the social networking and collaboration that can be done electronically. University specific course material that could be published to such a device.

I see some universities offering tablets with tuition like some have done with the ipod touch, if apple gives them tools to develop material. A tool like that for itunes new album format would allow for interactive course material.

Unfortunately E-ink is a long way from being able to provide what is needed for such a device. Some readability compromises will have to be made. There is no reason that Apples tablet should not be able to read the material to you though. E-ink devices for the short term will be for those who want to read novels an little else. Those looking for immersive and interactive learning or media experience will be looking for a device like the rumored Apple tablet .

]]> By: Louis http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358393 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:56:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358393 As Bas hinted above me, the screen will be a killer for this if any of the mock-ups to date are correct. You just can’t comfortably read stuff on a shiny iPhone type screen in any environment, so I really don’t get this e-book idea for the iTablet unless the mock-ups are a million miles off and Apple have somehow developed a colour e-ink touchscreen interface with LCD level refresh rates. Now I think that given the current state of e-ink tech that’s beyond even Apple.

]]> By: Bobby http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358392 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:54:38 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358392 This is EXACTLY what my 14-year-old son was saying on the way to school yesterday. He hates schlepping around all those heavy books and much prefers reading on my iPhone. He just wishes for a slightly larger screen ala Apple tablet. He doesn’t see any reason why they couldn’t block some sites or limit internet access but allow for some interactivity at school. He’s 14 and “gets it”.

]]> By: Bas http://gigaom.com/apple/e-textbooks-how-apple-can-dominate-the-education-market-with-the-itablet/#comment-358391 Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:27:54 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/?p=33247#comment-358391 The success of the Kindle is in no small part due to the E-ink technology, which makes reading from the display like reading from paper. This technology is still a long way away from color. So either the apple tablet will only display black and white, or it will not be a successful e-reader. If it is black and white it doubt it will be a hit as anything other than a e-reader.

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