Making magazines digital: Here is the vision of Time Inc

by John Einar Sandvand on December 2, 2009 · 18 comments

Will there be a digital future for magazines? Time Inc thinks so and has developed an exciting demo of how an interactive magazine might work on a full-color touch screen tablet.

The demo version is developed in Adobe Air and tries to make a whole new experience of a Sports Illustrated magazine. It takes advantage of colors, touch screens and videos to make consuming the magazine a compelling experience.

I really like this demo – and I am curious to see how it might work when a product like this actually launch.

But there is one problem: The devices for this product really are not there yet! However, that is just a matter of time. Chances are that several multimedia tablets in full color will launch in 2010, possibly including an iPad from Apple.

To read more about Time’s demo product I recommend the following articles:

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1 Peter December 4, 2009 at 1:02 pm

This is awesome! I really would like to “read” a magazine this way.

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