Apple may have contacted print media during development of its tablet

A new day, a new rumor about iTablet. Yesterday, the iLounge released some very interesting information about the product. Today the Gizmodo reported that Apple may have already contacted a number of media outlets (newspapers, magazines and others) to expand the content of its iTunes Store with texts. Brian Lam, editor of the website, even mentions some specific names, such as New York Times, the publishers McGraw Hill and Oberlin Press, in addition to a very influential group of executives in the middle.

it is evident that nothing has been said about the new product, but, given the recent rumors, it may be the main reason for this initiative. According to the report, these vehicles are so interested in the project that they themselves would have taken the initiative to contact Apple about the idea. The only concern is to implement a system that prevents the resale / copy of these digital contents, so that sales of physical versions are not affected as much as expected.

Apple Tablet by Jesus Diaz

Thinking of students, for example, textbooks could be sold online in a way that they could be used throughout the term. The price, of course, would be much lower than what is paid today for a paper version, in addition to contributing directly to a reduction in the resale of books used in the schools themselves, which is positive environmentally and collaboratively, but of course, it does not interest publishers.

The initial implementation of the novelty may consist only of adapting text content to digital format, but in the future it has everything to be improved and adapted to the possibilities of the environment, with the addition of audio, video, interactive graphics, integration with websites and a lot more. This differential would be quite significant for the product, since a media player by itself Apple has already created with the iPod / iPhone, and no one will want a gadget with a screen over 10 inches only for that.

Despite not bringing other news about iTablet, Brian mentions that other reliable sources also confirm the product's launch for January 2010.