The iPad Times

As more and more people are adopting the iPad to read their newspapers, the existence of the traditional printed ones are far from becoming obsolete. Look at it this way, the disadvantages of a traditional printed paper is that it lacks features, your hands tends to get dirty after reading where it could be harmful to your health if you don’t wash your hands, it’s a hassle to be carrying it around, it gets blown away when a strong wind comes along and lastly it cost more money to buy it. Now, reading newspapers on the iPad is way more cooler than anybody can think of, it is so cool that it gets a 70 year-old women to try it. And it works! The thing about this transition is that, it does not only let you read it as it is, but it also helps you to relate what you’ve just read to people that you know via twitter and facebook. Streams of videos, audio clips, high definition pictures and inter-linkage to other sites are all the features that you’ll get from reading your newspaper on an iPad. According to Hess (2011), the transition is some sort beyond expectations that when newspaper are now going on iPad, it just give you more than then you bargain for and it’s amazing.

Figure 1: iPad-only-newspaper

Rupert Murdoch got it right when he invested a sum of $30 million in formatting the iPad-only newspaper. It’s pure genius! Rupert Murdoch is old enough to be my grandfather but when something is just too good appears, you have to take advantage on it, and he certainly did. Now, I’m not sure about those who claimed that they don’t prefer reading it on an iPad or the traditional printed ones or both for that matter, but one thing’s certain is that you have to give it a try before you comment on something. Waldman (2011), adds that reading newspapers from an iPad can better the chances of remembering what you’ve read and it creates better empowerment for most readers.

References

Hess, A., (2011). iPad 2 Fully Loaded. IN: Wiley Publishing.

Waldman, S., (2011). The information needs of communities: The changing media landscape in a broadband age. NSW: Prentice Hall.