New York Times to begin charging for access... something something, Apple Tablet

Is it a stretch of logic, or purely logical? You be the one to judge. New York Magazine is reporting from what seems to be pretty solid word that the New York Times will start charging online readers for its content. That's all well and interesting for a media hound, but there's additional word that the announcement of this in "a matter of weeks" might coincide with the rumored January 27th Apple launch. You know, the tablet thing. We already know (or are pretty sure) that Apple has shopped around a theoretical device to content providers, including almost assuredly the New York Times, so it makes "sense." Still, we aren't putting solid money down on a single thing until Steve Jobs pulls this device out of a largish pocket of his and shows it to our face.

[UnsilentMajority Posted Jan 26th 2010 3:59AM]

I think this is where Apple's wheels come off the wagon. The iphone/ipod were a success because of universal appeal. Slates always seems to be a good reading type of device, but I cant read much on LCDs my eyes would burn up and die. So unless Apple brings something really new to the table (read: color e-ink or something like it) it will be a failure. I read with my kindle, surf with my netbook, whats left? There are no killer apps on the iphone to me to want them on a "bigger" screen. Sooooooooo....????