In case you haven’t heard, newspapers aren’t doing too well out there. Video stores are disappearing. Everything is going digital now. Even books.
Problem is – people don’t really want to sit at the computer to read the news. It requires a different kind of experience. The Ipad gives it, and the Droid-powered tablets sure to be coming out soon will do it, too.
One such app on the Ipad which is being dubbed “the newspaper of the future” is called Apollo [Itunes Link]. It got some coverage a few days ago over on Techcrunch, and they also have a video demo of it.
[NOTE: This video demo is, in my opinion, absolutely terrible. The background music = meh. But, it gives the idea.]
Word is that a competitor is coming out on Wednesday that is going to blow Apollo away. At least that’s the word I’m seeing over Twitter from Robert Scoble, who has some sort of connection with it. So, we shall see.
Either way, the newspaper is a dying breed.
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Yes, I'm kind of sorry for this, but it's true that traditional paper books, magazines and newspapers seem to disappear soon. It's a bit sad, though of course iPad and other tablet devices open up great possibilities for us and make the whole process of getting news more diverse.
Laureen, from ipad application development