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None of the news any of these folks present is so hard to get that you NEED them in order to have it.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/or just open safari and browse to their site online...]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
"You would have to be a total sucker to pay for a newspaper or magazine subscription."

Well, this is the iPad...]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/

And, um..... $4.99 PER ISSUE?!?!!?

"It costs us almost nothing, compared to us having to print it and mail it to your door, but we're going to charge you 3 times as much for it!"]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
I'm afraid your right.

Every time you go to a website in 2011, you will be prompted to download their reader app no mater what platform you're using.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/It's not as though it costs nothing to produce the news and these magazines. However, they can either be paid for by advertisements or by unique content (and no ads) via a subscription. Some people may be willing to pay for the video and other rich media, others not. The publishing industry is undergoing a radical change right now. The iPad (and its ilk) will either accelerate their demise or (the publishers hope) will usher in a new means of monetarizing this form of media. While many people have no interest in such publications, many more do (likewise for comic books, etc).
]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 5:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/I brought up Engadget in the iPad web browser, double-tapped on a summary paragraph, and it zoomed in so as to crop the ads off the right-hand side.

PERFECT! :)]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Yah, like the iphone most of the apps exist due to its lack of flash.

Also really? does it cost so much for news? most news i see is copy and pasted unless its something specific.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
I'm holding an issue of Popular Photography in one hand... and I've got PopPhoto.com loaded in another tab.

While most the featured articles are on the website... there is so much other stuff that is missing... little one-paragraph reviews of upcoming products, informative sidebars of information, etc. It's just not the same.

Oh... and ads! I want the full-page ads in a photography magazine! Call me crazy... but ads in a trade magazine are actually informative.

That said... I don't think digital versions of magazines should cost the same as the paper version... especially since I can get 2 years of Popular Photography magazine delivered to my home for $1 an issue.

I want magazines on an iPad... I just think it's gonna be a while until they figure it all out.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Or, just open Safari on an iMac/MacBook or Firefox on a PC to access the newspaper/mag sites.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Indeed. That's the great thing about the Beeb - they instantly make any UK pay for view news service totally pointless.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Simple... because all these media companies bought into Apple's "iPad will save your industry" line. Suckers!!]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/You said: "While most the featured articles are on the website... there is so much other stuff that is missing." In that case, you might subscribe to just the paper edition for $1/copy. Why would you spend on an iPad and then on the app for that?
Bottom line: iPad is a solution looking for a problem. ]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
I should subscribe to the paper version. But I don't want all of that paper laying around. That's why I haven't.

I DO want digital versions of magazines... the full issue, ads and all. But not for $5 an issue.

Here's where I'm at right now with Popular Photography magazine:

$5 per issue newsstand price
$1 per issue subscription price
Free website... but missing stuff
No iPad version

If I could get the iPad version of that magazine for $1 they would have a subscriber for life. I WANT the digital magazine... just not for the price they are charging now for digital magazines.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Hasn't stopped Murdoch with Sky News...]]>Apr 5th 2010 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Also, NPR is totally a listener program, though obviously they will put up the transcripts and run print news stories. Another compelling background app, this OS needs some form of multitasking!]]>Apr 6th 2010 1:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 6th 2010 3:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
As for the ipad apps, I think it would be wise, to check your budget, before buying one. Some of it are really cool, but has a price ranging from 15-20 bucks. Wheu. Opinions for ipad Apps: http://bit.ly/best-apps-for-the-ipad-opinions ]]>Apr 6th 2010 3:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/digital-americana-a-literary/id364870011?mt=8

]]>Apr 6th 2010 8:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
EGM? Is that a dead magazine? How bout GI for goodness sake.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/The iPad - taking something you do on the internet for free and charging you to do it in a slower more annoying way... Magic!]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
I also don't have to store these things anywhere physically which is my big problem with magazines. I want to go back to them sometimes for articles, but I don't want to store them. This is definitely a positive for me. ]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/The digital edition of the New Yorker is available today for $40/yr: http://archives.newyorker.com/skins/realview/tny/subscribe.asp.
Why would you NEED an iPad for accessing that?]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/I doubt they are without ads but I don't know for sure.
Why? Greed maybe?]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/It is 4.99 per issue for now but I know that Pop sci is going to implement a subscription plan soon so I expect it be cheaper or the same as the print version.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
My guess is that they are trying to bid high and then come down over time. The market is untested and so what the market will bear is unclear. If they charged $1 per issue and then found that they had to raise the price then they might think that would create worse PR than starting high and then lowering the price. That way they have room to have further promotions of iPad edition, talking up that it is "New and Improved" AND the price is lower.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
It just seems strange when you can get the actual print magazine for $10/year! I guess they figure iPad users just like to spend money.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
the reason the issues are still $4.99, the same as it would cost if it were print, is because people expect that price. most people don't think about the cost of the magazine/newspaper when they're buying it, they're thinking about the content and information that they're getting out of it. By keeping it the same price, media outlets increase their profit margins, which helps with their current ailing position.

The disadvantage to digital content is that if for some reason you wanted to keep a magazine or newspaper for a specific article or cut it out and put it on your fridge (like i used to do with political cartoons sometimes, or poignant articles), you can't really do that. But to the average consumer who tosses their paper/magazine after they've read it, $5 is $5 whether they physically hold a piece of paper in their hands or read it off an ipad or other tablet or device. now instead of cutting out articles, if i find something interesting, i print it out off my computer and then put it on the fridge. apple should work on revolutionizing magnets for my fridge needs.

i'm actually rooting for digital papers/magazines to take off, or at least some form of paid content for journalists (not necessarily directly from the consumer). I want to get my future factual, researched news from those who know how to write and do it for a living, not amateur bloggers. The newspaper and magazines are a dying breed mainly because more and more people are getting their information from the internet, but the need for quality information is so much higher than before. The amount of information we consume is higher than before. newspaper outlets weren't greedy enough when the internet started to take off and thought they could offer their services for free, which is great for the consumer, bad for them. hopefully they find a way to keep net info free, while passing on the costs to other companies in some form.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Yes and No to your comment. Yes, you CAN get a print subscription for pennies on the dollar, but DO you? I know of countless people who buy their car mags, Men's Health, etc every month at the 7-11. And sometimes they pick up another related rag just because it has something on the cover that piques their interest. I fail to realize WHY people don't get subscriptions, but I can tell you, many just buy every month.

Secondly, YES, they DO think the people at the Apple App store WILL just open their wallets. No doubt about that fact.]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
I don't subscribe to magazines... but I should. Every month I grab a handful of magazines from the bookstore... at $5 in issue.

Or, I could get 24 issues of Popular Photography magazine delivered to my home for $24. Crazy huh.

I'd subscribe to a few paper magazines... I just don't want all that paper laying around.

So, I thought the iPad would solve my problems... but not at $5 an issue.

I'd subscribe to at least 6 magazines right now if they made iPad versions and I could get each issue for $1.

Do you hear me, publishers?]]>Apr 5th 2010 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
"Or, I could get 24 issues of Popular Photography magazine delivered to my home for $24. Crazy huh."

You know you can use your frequent flier miles to purchase magazine/newspaper subscriptions or fill out online surveys to get corporate-sponsored ones. I haven't paid for subscriptions in at least 8-9 years.]]>Apr 5th 2010 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
It's not the money.... I've got that :)

I just don't want a shelf full of paper magazines... non-searchable, analog magazines at that.]]>Apr 5th 2010 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
(And with luck, the magazine has a full archive on its website for if you ever want to search it.)

I only subscribe to one magazine but get a few others with membership to various charities etc and I like 'em - they're easy to read anywhere, specifically while I'm eating. I don't have a portable computing device let alone an iPad but even if I did, I think I might be a bit hesitant to use it during meals (especially breakfast, I just got up, I'm not at my best, I might spill orange juice all over everything).

Of course, if I did ever switch to a tablet-based subscription I'd want it for the same price as my paper subscription, thanks.]]>Apr 5th 2010 7:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
It's not a recycling problem... it's an analog storage problem.

I love the content in magazines. I just don't want a collection of pages this month... then another collection of pages next month... etc.

I would like digital magazines to be sent to my iPad every month... and for the iPad to never get any larger or heavier. Imagine a year's worth of magazines in one iPad. That's what I want.]]>Apr 5th 2010 8:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/except you're forgetting the historical context of cable (subscription) tv. it originated as commercial/advertisement free programming in fact because we were paying for it. over time it's all spiraled into the ad hungry mess that it is today with a few premium services (notably HBO) which again offers commercial free programming but with an added cost.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 6th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/
Of course, so they can stick with the same obsolete content delivery model where they tell you what you should be watching \ reading \ listening to instead of you finding what you want yourself and watching it on your own terms and on any device that you want (hence why there's no flash support).

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125561844

Good story -- their "Gated Community" kind of reminds me of how AOL was back in the day with their "Walled Garden" web content.
It was a bad idea then, and it's still a bad idea now.]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 5:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/05/ipad-apps-news-and-magazines/Apr 5th 2010 4:37PM