Though many are predicting the iPad will flop, I find it interesting to think about what's possible that was never possible before with new technologies. Professor Kobrin of Wharton talks about the effect the tablet PC could have on books:
The Apple tablet allows books to take on a different meaning. One, it isn't clear that every book has to be 350 or 400 pages, if they're published electronically. Two, if the tablet is going to succeed, it's got to have active content. The number of people who want to read War and Peace on the tablet simply as the printed word is limited. Where the tablet will be valuable is when books begin to contain video and when they contain graphics. Business books could contain, for example, spreadsheets, models and charts that are active.
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