Apple‘s new iPad is the hottest thing in the tech-world right now. And IDW; the publisher of Transformers comics, has just announced that they will be taking advantage of the device. As of today all the IDW iPhone applications (including the Transformers comics application) are available, fully optimized for the iPad.
Click the image to the left for a demo video and for the full Press Release.
So, what do you think? Nerdy enough for you? Tell us by hitting the Discuss button.
Scantron
I think actual books will be fine for a long time, but physical comics and magazines are a different matter. Maybe not within 5 – 10 years, but I think monthly comics will be gone well before 50 years in the future. Sales of floppies are steadily declining (a highly successful Big Two comic sells maybe 150 000 units per month direct market), while cover prices continue to rise. It won't be long before we get to the point where you can download the newest issue of [whatever] instantly for cheaper than buying a physical copy. Plus the advantage of being able to download an issue from wherever, as opposed to having to actually find a comic store or pay/wait for an online site to ship physical issues, and the saving of storage space. Sure, there will be those who prefer the physical copies and continue to seek them out, but how many readers of the physical copies can the publishers afford to lose to downloads before just dropping the physical publishing entirely?
Up until my recent job, I've always had to use Apple computers at work and they have consistently been absolute garbage, IMO. Given that track record, I'm not going to be laying down any of my money on their products. Plus, it seems like at least 25% of the price of an i[Device] is a premium for the 'privilege' of owning an Apple product and comparable devices are available from competing brands for far less money.
Crts
The iPad. A "magical device". or just an oversized iPod touch.
artiepants
sounds like from reviews IDW's App is really sub-par (color me shocked ) Hopefully they'll take a look @ the MArvel App and make some improvements…
lars573
I'll wait for a company worth giving my money too makes a tablet/netbook PC.
SilverOptimus
I can't believe what I just saw : YouTube – Will It Blend? – iPad
FanimusMaximus
Thats cool, but its not enough to make me buy it…
Vangelus
Dude, this is where you go like "Clearly they are listening to me!" and stuff.
ExecutionKustom
Pretty sweet
Grimlocks Pretender Shell
HTML5 nuff said.
Deefuzz
Haha. Go figure, I do my first review and it is already obsolete.
Oh well.
Omnius
Want to correct the bad continuity in AHM?
There's… no app for that.
Obsidian X
Its good that people can choose to get this instead/in addtion to a physical copy.. but it worries me, I don't want physical comics and books to become a thing of the past, I want to collect and own them 'for reals' dammit!
dak
Digital might be nice for individual readings… But in a complete form, I'd like to stick with trades. Hopefully it will be a nice cheap price for the digital stuff.
Lumpy
yeah, i'm reading almost 60 books a month… its expensive and takes up space… and even now that i sell 2/3 of what i buy as soon as its done, its still alot of work… but if i could buy them each online, for a buck, and not have to worry about selling them, i'd be set… and i'd be able to buy more books too… which would be awesome… but i want them for 1 buck each… 1.99 is too much, considering they're 2.50 (on average after my discount) at my store… and new issues need to come out the same day as the paper issues…
i doubt the death of floppy is anytime in the next 50 years… magazines, books, comics etc aren't gonna die that quickly…
side note, why don't you buy anything from Apple? i've loved everything i've bought from them, so i'm curious…
Flash kills batteries… HTML5 is WAY cooler…
as far as for me, i really hope to have an iPad sometime by summers end… i've played with one and love it… can't wait to see what else i can do with it… its definitely not just a glorified iPod touch, which is sorta what i expected…
Mechafire
Interesting. This will definitely be one of the first things I look into if I ever get an iPad.
AndreyOfDoom
So tell me, does it load Adobe Flash player stuff? If not then fail to you for wasting money on a non-portable iPhone.
cgibsonREX
This would be cool for a plane or long road trip. Thats how I look at it :]
Nothing will ever beat having a hard copy of a comic!
Same here bro!
artiepants
i've been checking out the marvel stuff on mine and it's INSANELY nice.
(really, the whole device is made of fairy dust, Unicorn horns and win)
Grimlocks Pretender Shell
DC needs to pull their finger out now. I can't wait to get a full colour reader whether it be an iPad or something else (probably an iPad)
guard convoy
well i know i would LOVE to have physical copies, but no store in the area gets ANY physical copies, only way to get transformers is TPG form