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My Review of the Wired iPad App

I purchased this app purely for the article “Constructing a Song” covering some of the work Trent Reznor is doing with his wife. I’m a little disappointed just because I personally wanted a little more in-depth information and not just a few snippets of text paired with pictures and sound clips. I haven’t read Wired in a long time and I remember some of the articles being quite lengthy and in-depth so that’s what I was hoping for here.

The medium and device are definitely conducive to these types of interactive articles as it is a superior experience compared to the web based article, iPad exclusive content aside, I just wish it was a longer piece especially considering it is labeled as a “Cover Story” in the table of contents.

If the continuing pricing model is not going to be $4.99 per issue then I will mostly likely become a regular subscriber/purchaser of which I am neither now.

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Someone Needs to Take Econ 101?

Daring Fireball: Someone Needs to Take Econ 101.

Douglas A. McIntyre says that because iPad demand is higher than expected, Apple may have to cut prices. Uh…

Usually I can follow most of John’s logic regarding the articles he posts but in this case I disagree with his interpretation. While associating the article title with some of the content you can come to the same conclusion as John I don’t think that was the author’s intent. The article is indicating that in order to keep consumer’s interest in the iPad, Apple may have to lower prices because demand will decrease if the device doesn’t outperform it’s rivals.

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