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Video: Time Inc. unveils tablet-based digital magazine prototype

Posted December 3rd, 2009 under Headlines, Video Tags: , ,

NY Times: Sports Illustrated Tries the Tablet

Sports Illustrated today unveiled a prototype of what its magazine would look like on a tablet computer. While it won’t be available to consumers until tablet computers are — presumably sometime next year — it’s an important move for the magazine industry. If magazines can charge for content on tablet computers, and give advertisers data on who’s seeing their ads, a lot of their problems could be solved.

Apple, Hewlett-Packard and other manufacturers are expected to release tablet computers next year. While it’s unclear exactly what they’ll look like, the general guess is they’ll be like big iPhones, with interactive touch-screens. The larger size makes it feasible to put a magazine page on a tablet.

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