Tomorrow is the day that like Moses, Steve Jobs comes down from the mountain and unveils the next great thing from Apple that will change our lives and the way that we interact with media and the internet. McGraw-Hill’s CEO Harold McGraw while being interviewed by CNBC, confirmed that they were working with Apple to bring their e-book materials to the Apple tablet.
This brings an interesting angle hinting at possible markets for the new tablet like device. Some other bloggers have brought up the potential uses for such a e-book like device to hopefully make a huge dent in the textbook market, hopefully lowering prices. Apple already has a stranglehold in higher education as the glowing apple logo lights lecture halls around the world and iPhones are almost required materials for learning. Another potential market for the Apple tablet device is in healthcare, where PC tablets have seen fairly wide adoption and I think the right hardware with thoughtout software could be a huge success in the healthcare industry with the greater push toward electronic medical records.
Everything is mere speculation and hopes made with fingers crossed with little more than 12 hours till the big reveal, but I had to join in on the Apple speculation fun.
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