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ipad for reading (not just golden-age) comics
Yoc:
Hey, thanks for the video citaltras!
What was the first app you were showing? The second was Arcreader.
I agree with moon the price is above what I'd like to spend and the whole closed sourced/Apple apps store things turns me off though I know many love the idea.
I'm hope they sell enough for others to get into the game and someone make one a bit bigger and open sourced.
-Yoc
citaltras:
The first app is cloudreader, I believe. Both are free from the itunes store.
Actually the ipad is cheaper than a laptop, so if you only want it to read comics it is worth the price.
I am sure in the next year new similar machines will appear with windows.
John C:
--- Quote from: Yoc on June 11, 2010, 11:30:50 PM ---I agree with moon the price is above what I'd like to spend and the whole Apple apps store things turns me off though I know many love the idea.
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That's probably the biggest thing that keeps me from getting involved with Apple, too--why buy a "cloud device" if you're obligated to work through somebody's mainframe as a bottleneck? Even IBM discarded the "you can only use software we approve of and distribute" model, and I'd rather not go back, personally.
Pricewise, on the other hand...I don't see four hundred bucks as a terrible price for a reader that could double as a full computer.
--- Quote from: Yoc on June 11, 2010, 11:30:50 PM ---I'm hope they sell enough for others to get into the game and someone make one a bit bigger and open sourced.
--- End quote ---
I'm still holding out for the Pixel Qi displays, personally. I see no reason to buy yet another portable computing device that I can't easily read in direct sunlight. But those screens are now in production, so I've got my fingers crossed for interesting products by winter.
GeneYas:
If cloud computing takes off, it'll be the only option the industry lets us have. I'm sticking with a traditional desktop computer.
John C:
--- Quote from: GeneYas on June 13, 2010, 08:51:15 AM ---If cloud computing takes off, it'll be the only option the industry lets us have. I'm sticking with a traditional desktop computer.
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Getting off-topic, but since this is (sort off) my field, I'll quickly make the point that "the cloud" never quite takes off, nor does full-deskop computing. They wobble back and forth, because both work really well for specific jobs.
I was around for the last "cloud revolution," led by Sun. And how is Sun Microsystems doing, these days...? And the pendulum is probably due to swing back, given how annoyed people are with Facebook.
On the other hand, the Apple/iTunes route isn't the only one possible. The Android people don't have the marketshare (or the tools or discipline to produce consistently-good software), but they have the same basic structure as the iPod approach wthout the need to bottleneck everybody.
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