OK, there’s been a break in the hype about the iPad, so I’d like to add an additional two cents… you may have read my first post where iPad has incredible journalism potential, but not its savior<\/a>… well… I’m going to have to change tweak my tune.<\/p>\n Wait, wait… it’s not the savior, but done right it can create an incredible revenue stream for certain print products.<\/p>\n Let me tell you how I got here.<\/p>\n We started with Amazon<\/a><\/strong>‘s Kindle<\/a>. The most transitional, soon-to-be-forgotten product ever… either it was gifted to you or your fit in the I-travel-a-lot-and-read-a-ton-of-books niche. The B&W experience with pauses between page flips was worth it to you (or some sucker) for a couple hundred bucks.<\/p>\n The NYTimes<\/a><\/strong> created and released their Times Reader 2.0<\/a> that even syncs to your TV or something… I really don’t know the details, because, like many of you, it did not resonate and has been largely ignored. Sorry, Google Reader and many, many others still win.<\/p>\n We’ve heard of the legendary eInk flexible paper that will breathe life into newspapers by dumping the cost of newsprint. And at CES we got a glimpse at Hearst<\/a><\/strong>‘s flexible paper. Hearst innovate while trying to please its shareholders? Um, probably not.<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n And, hopefully by now, we’ve all seen the Sports Illustrated<\/a><\/strong>‘s demo video of what their tablet could do. It’s a neat concept, but being jaded from print journalism’s track record, I doubt we will invest in a smart, creative staff that will really take advantage of this new form… shareholders may not understand the potential.<\/p>\n