New Apple Tablet

A new Apple product coming? It is supposedly going to be a tablet that is similar to the Amazon.com product, Kindle. Kindle is a tablet that allows digital viewing of books. The main difference is this will be built on the iPhone/iPod Touch technology and will be in color, as opposed to the black and white screen on kindle. There are speculations that it will have an option to view pages, not only scroll. So, the layout will be similar to an actual magazine with pages that "turn" (animated). 

This will be huge, if it is done right. Not only will it offer video ads for magazines, but it will allow for real time corrections of editorial and advertising content. If an ad runs wrong, the publisher could simply "push" correct information via the internet. Text books could be updated with information in a more cost effective manner, rather than printing a new edition...

It is rumored that the screen will be OLED (organic light emitting diode). When this technology is expanded, it will be cheap to produce large screens that are flexible. This is my prediction as to where technology and industry of print media will go in the near future. Here is just one of the myriad of speculative articles

New Apple tablet speculation: two models, OLED screen

By Neil Hughes

Published: 04:10 PM EST

New reports on Apple's rumored upcoming tablet device suggest the product could have two versions -- one for educational use, and one with a Web cam -- and utilize an OLED screen.

Relaying information from an anonymous tip, Gizmodo's Brian Lam states that the device will have a 10-inch screen and look like a "giant iPhone, with a big black back." The tipster claimed to have handled a mock-up of the device, stating it has a home button like an iPhone, and will be positioned between an iPod/iPhone and a MacBook.

The report did not elaborate on the supposed separate Web cam and education editions of the device, but said it would cost between $700 and $900. The device has allegedly been under development between four and six years, though the first prototype was only created in late 2008.
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