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With nearly all of the nation’s browsers based on Microsoft’s Web system, it will technically be difficult for users of iPad to enjoy a smooth computing experience. Then again, there is what is called a niche market. The iPad may replace the good old text books for students. The oversized version of iPod could indeed become the next portable multimedia player for people looking for e-book.

The intention is clear. iPad is focusing to create a bridge between smartphones and laptop computers. Some say iPod was a strategic move to set new industry standards and ultimately create the need and demand for iPad.

The question is will it replace newspapers, magazines and books? Will it stop the bleeding of red ink? Perhaps it can give publishers a light of hope by providing much better way to present the valuable contents. Is it worth the hype? The answer depends on which side of the river you are on. It can be a beginning of an e-book era.

Various device makers in Korea have experimented with the idea and worked with online retailers for profitable contents. Then again, no company was able to yield visible results. Apple was successful in launching the App Store to allow its users to pick and choose from nearly 150,000 applications for the smartphone. It will most likely do the same on the content side for the iPad. 

When the picture is drawn from the perspectives of media firms, Apple’s new gadget should be a splashing product. We have been accustomed to mobile offerings for the small screens. There had been no ways for media firms to fully monetize the contents. Rumors indicate the iPad will soon offer Wi-Fi connection. If the scenario is true, it will give countless firms a tool to deliver information in a way that optimizes people’s experience.

영원히 종이를 대체할 것인가?

수첩 크기만한 컴퓨터가 현재 미국 가정의 선반으로 옮겨가고 있다. 인터넷상으로의 공간이 과연 남아있을지가 의문으로 남아있는 반면, 아이팟과 같은 아이패드는 분명 강력한 영향을 미치고 있다.

애플사의 최근에 만든 상품이 한국에서 데뷔를 앞두고 있다. 산업 분석가들은 올해 하반기에 등장할지도 모른다고 믿고 있다. 아이팟이 최고의 디지털 경험을 제공함으로써 통신 사업에 혁명을 일으킨 그 사실로 판단할 때, 그 새로운 장치는 엄청난 광고를 모으고 있다.

그 사안의 현실은 한국의 인터넷 환경이 한국 외의 다른 곳에서와 매우 다르다는 점이다. 그것은 동시에 자극하고 좌절감을 준다. 산업 전문가들간에 열띤 논쟁이 있다. 아이패드는 성공할까, 실패할까?