On the extinction of paper children’s books

Yesterday Kevin Rose tweeted:

OMG, Alice for the iPad, paper kids books are dead.

Alice for the iPad is indeed really nice:

My nearly 3-year-old son loves using the iPad. At best, the iPad is a proof-of-concept gadget for adults — they’ll get it right by version three — but it’s perfect for kids right now. It’s just the right size for little hands and laps and the interface is simple, intuitive, and easy to learn.

However, I’d like to assure the childless Rose that if paper books ever go extinct (they won’t), paper children’s books will be the last to go, particularly among the pre-K crowd. E-books are “broken” in several ways that are important to kids, not the least of which is that paper books are super useful as floors in really tall block buildings.

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A nice iPad magazine

Based on their great Mag+ concept unveiled late last year, Bonnier and BERG have developed a really nice looking iPad version of Popular Science. No page-turning business…you swipe left/right to page through stories and then scroll to read through single stories.

What amazes me is that you don’t feel like you’re using a website, or even that you’re using an e-reader on a new tablet device — which, technically, is what it is. It feels like you’re reading a magazine.

It’s nice to see the original concept come to life so quickly and completely. Get it in the App Store.

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Turntable app for the iPad

For all you wannabe DJs out there, a multi-touch turntable app for the iPad.

This wannabe DJ is pretty excited! (via jimray)

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• music