Intense...

http://business2.blogs.com/business2blog/2006/07/apple_invents_a.html

Feeds deeper into the speculation that the next iPod is going to be a ebook. Potentially, with wifi, it could upend the entire Palm/Treo/iPaq/Windows Mobile marketplace and drive a major transition into giving books in ebook format.

Imagine a million + schoolkids carrying every single textbook they ever used to school every day.  The text indexed with Google, enriched through RIA's (Rich Internet Apps - Adobe's term) - the potential is immense in learning, medicine, government (the cop that can download mugshots while he has the car pulled over + every traffic violation you have had from every state - actually that might be a bad idea... ;) ), and of course - entertainment.

Elsewhere, in the rumor-ridden blogosphere, Engadget is reporting that Apple will do ebooks as well lending credibility to the rising amount of posts on it. And the potential design the have is waaaayyyy sweeettt....

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