Sports Illustrated Tablet Demo Features Tons of Photos
This Sports Illustrated Tablet Demo by Jared Cocken came out a few months ago, before the announcement of the Hearst/LG/Marvell lovechild, the Skiff e-reader and Apple’s iPad. With the more announcements of technology that will become available just around the corner, this demo is worth a second look.
The demo is just one example of how tablet and advanced e-reader technology could be applied practically to bring the magazine medium into a digital format, not only adding an interactive feel, but increasing the scope of content — especially photographs.
While videos are also a prominent feature in the tablet demo, I get the reassuring feeling that magazines like Sports Illustrated won’t let go of still photography anytime soon as they shift into new media. In fact, photography seems to be a major selling point for e-readers and publications alike.
What do you think? Will the prospect of interactive magazines and photographs be enough to interest e-reader buyers and subscribers?
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Now THAT'S a magazine. But would they be able to “Big Brother” it like Amazon does with their stuff?
Neat demo that really takes advantage of the new medium. Curious if the cost of putting together a “magazine” increases with the amount of content, multi-media and more sophisticated layout.
I wonder if it's a bit like a hybrid car — at first costs may be high, but after a while, they save on overhead/continuous costs from printing and distribution.
I also wonder if it spells more jobs for photographers — or simply more tapping into agency (Getty/AP) photographs.