Sure. You can make your own judgement.
here are some links
I agree. if it can be broken, it will be.
The Murphy's Law states so.
It can be relaced since it is so cheap.
The books can only the day's relevant chapter which will be uploaded for the period in the class room by teacher through wifi.
Student can buy books if he wants and can afford or feels like.
Possibilities are endless. Cross the bridge when you ncome to it;
Best
PKS
From: David H. Bailey <dhbailey52@comcast.net>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 27 January 2012, 12:05
Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: iBooks 2 author
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Friday, 27 January 2012, 12:05
Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: iBooks 2 author
I'd be curious about them, sure. On the other hand that $4000 car from
India (or was it $2000) turned out to be a total bust, so it will be
interesting to see if a $35 electronic device can be any better.
The only drawback, if the price is that reasonable, will be the
destruction-proof nature. If it can be broke, school students will
break it. That's sort of one of those "laws" of the universe, it seems.
David H. Bailey
On 1/27/2012 12:32 AM, Pabitra Saha wrote:
>
>
> I have read somewhere that such devices were recently launched in India
> and China. As per exchange rates, their price was coming out to be as
> low as $ 35. If you want, I can search the links.
> PKS
>
>
>
> On 26 Jan 2012, at 21:09, "David H. Bailey" <dhbailey52@comcast.net
> <mailto:dhbailey52@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>> On 1/26/2012 12:17 PM, pabitra saha wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Old things do not vanish but just fade away.
>> > Where did pagers or film based cameras go?
>> > Horse drawn buggy is still there but it is a miniscule fraction of
>> > transportation.
>> > May be an Ibook reader costing less than $100 with full set of books
>> > from K-12 will be cost effective.
>>
>> That's definitely true -- such a device, if it were actually to be
>> produced and were actually indestructible at such a price, would be
>> wonderful and would probably begin to make inroads into the
>> paper-textbook world.
>>
>> Pagers are still widely used (I know a lot of doctors who still use
>> them) and film cameras are still used by many professional
>> photographers, but I get your point about how less common they are.
>>
>> I wonder if the text-book industry will go for such a device, however.
>> A printed textbook which now costs the school district $50-$100 yet only
>> costs $10 or less to print is a huge profit-engine. Electronic books
>> which can be sold with the device for $100 will eat into that huge
>> profit margin.
>>
>> Anything's possible and I certainly won't deny that your concept may
>> well become reality. However I've seen how tough students are on
>> textbooks, the paper kind that if dropped multiple times still continue
>> to be legible, and I have yet to see any electronic device which can
>> survive the same amount of rough handling and keep working.
>>
>> But they're a whole lot more reliable and able to take more kicks these
>> days so they may one day actually be able to survive a 10th grade hall
>> fight. :-)
>>
>> --
>> David H. Bailey
>> <mailto:dhbailey%40davidbaileymusicstudio.com>dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>> <mailto:dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com>
>>
>
>
>
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
India (or was it $2000) turned out to be a total bust, so it will be
interesting to see if a $35 electronic device can be any better.
The only drawback, if the price is that reasonable, will be the
destruction-proof nature. If it can be broke, school students will
break it. That's sort of one of those "laws" of the universe, it seems.
David H. Bailey
On 1/27/2012 12:32 AM, Pabitra Saha wrote:
>
>
> I have read somewhere that such devices were recently launched in India
> and China. As per exchange rates, their price was coming out to be as
> low as $ 35. If you want, I can search the links.
> PKS
>
>
>
> On 26 Jan 2012, at 21:09, "David H. Bailey" <dhbailey52@comcast.net
> <mailto:dhbailey52@comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>> On 1/26/2012 12:17 PM, pabitra saha wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Old things do not vanish but just fade away.
>> > Where did pagers or film based cameras go?
>> > Horse drawn buggy is still there but it is a miniscule fraction of
>> > transportation.
>> > May be an Ibook reader costing less than $100 with full set of books
>> > from K-12 will be cost effective.
>>
>> That's definitely true -- such a device, if it were actually to be
>> produced and were actually indestructible at such a price, would be
>> wonderful and would probably begin to make inroads into the
>> paper-textbook world.
>>
>> Pagers are still widely used (I know a lot of doctors who still use
>> them) and film cameras are still used by many professional
>> photographers, but I get your point about how less common they are.
>>
>> I wonder if the text-book industry will go for such a device, however.
>> A printed textbook which now costs the school district $50-$100 yet only
>> costs $10 or less to print is a huge profit-engine. Electronic books
>> which can be sold with the device for $100 will eat into that huge
>> profit margin.
>>
>> Anything's possible and I certainly won't deny that your concept may
>> well become reality. However I've seen how tough students are on
>> textbooks, the paper kind that if dropped multiple times still continue
>> to be legible, and I have yet to see any electronic device which can
>> survive the same amount of rough handling and keep working.
>>
>> But they're a whole lot more reliable and able to take more kicks these
>> days so they may one day actually be able to survive a 10th grade hall
>> fight. :-)
>>
>> --
>> David H. Bailey
>> <mailto:dhbailey%40davidbaileymusicstudio.com>dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
>> <mailto:dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com>
>>
>
>
>
--
David H. Bailey
dhbailey@davidbaileymusicstudio.com
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