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Make Way For The Padloids
The New York Times, Wired, Techcrunch and other highfaluting news publishers have all announced that they are making plans for the coming iPad- / Kindle- / Tablet-based news bonanza. But what about The Weekly World News, The Inquirer and The Sun?
It's time to start thinking about the Padloid.
(Weekly World News on a tablet computer)
The term "Padloid" appears in John Varley's 1992 novel Steel Beach:
My office was in Mall Twelve, level thirty-six, 120 degrees. It's in the editorial offices of The News Nipple, the padloid with the largest circulation in Luna.
Can you imagine it? What features might it have?
Scan these tablet news articles for a glimpse of the future:
- Buying a Tablet Computer?
SF fans have been thinking about it for quite a while, thanks to the imaginative efforts of writers to describe the features and uses of such a device. - World's Largest Tablet PC From Sharp
In looking at this monster, I was thinking about the TV parlor from Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. - LongBox Plus Apple Tablet Equals Digital Comic Books?
Wouldn't it be fun to view your favorite comic on a device like the battery-powered comic book from Philip K. Dick's 1965 novel The Zap Gun? - Skiff Reader Solves Apple Tablet Problems
It is the first consumer product to feature the next-generation of e-paper display – one based on a thin, flexible sheet of stainless-steel foil...
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