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Apple's Next Game-Changer?

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Report this Comment On January 22, 2012, at 8:18 AM, sd452a wrote:

Anything that makes learning easier, including textbooks on iPads, is a good thing. Wake up guys, facebook is everywhere, whether you have a textbook or an iPad.
Report this Comment On January 22, 2012, at 8:53 AM, H3D wrote:

"a tenth of a text book took up a quarter the space on an iPad"
Even the most primitive research, not driven by a political agenda, would have discounted this rubbish.
The demo in question takes up about 800 Meg.
Firstly, that is 1/20th of the space on the smallest iPad. Not 1/4.
Secondly, while that is only a fraction of a book, it is a demo and has been stuffed with video. The vast majority of it is video.
Thirdly, Apple stated that there will be a 1G limit on textbook.
So that means a minimum of 15 textbooks in 16G, 31 in 32G or 63 in 64G
But that is a minimum. Most textbooks will not be stuffed with HD video and will be far smaller.
In fact most will probably be pulled from the cloud as required.
My kids often carry a dozen text books to school. Even the smallest iPad would cover that, even if all the books were on the upper limit.
And why is is you assert that Apple would be unable to lock down an iPad to only allow books, but that Amazon would be able to no this on a Kindle Fire no problem.
That's pure 6ull5hit!
Apple's devices are far more secure than Android.
Report this Comment On January 22, 2012, at 9:43 AM, fchain911 wrote:

The deepness of the comments showed at the studio is similar as the ones who expected Ipad fiasco because of it's ipad brand...as an analyst of the techno markets I feel ashame of hearing those kind of superficial opinions....so children would not study through an ipad because facebook distract them? Are you kidding? We are you placing your childs to study? On a closet? The guy from the baseball cap is so light that he must keep doing the same...
Report this Comment On January 22, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Radio66 wrote:

Great analysis. I totally agree. Kids with traditional text books have no access to Facebook at home. Excellent argument. Tablets/iPad is not likely to increase in capacity over time and the cloud will never do anything useful. A Kindle for text book only means that kids will no longer ask their parents for a full features tablet, great savings for the parents. There is obviously no merit to interactive learning; no need to bring a subject matter expert.
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