will we ever see magazine subscription on pb? is RIM planning for it?
it will be something handy to have.
most of big publishers already subscribed to apple/ipad, prices are fairly low (2$ or so).
don't know with android, whether they will or already have newstands with subscription (like zinio) or direct.
yeah i got both. tablet-optimised magazines just release cheaper subscriptions over ipad (previously 5$ per issue)..now around $2/issue, 20$ per year or so. would be nice to have the economist on pb. nobody read readers digest or forbes (not for 5$) these days. bloomberg businessweek sells for 1.99$/issue.
I sent an email to Zinio about a playbook app. The response I got was they were finializing it and it would be out this summer.
Good to hear, that is definitely a lot better option for magazines than device-specific stuff since it gives you more flexibility.
One thing that it taking until the summer is that they may be taking their time to optimise the reading experience for a smaller tablet screensize since the desktop app is actually built using adobe air.
If you subscribe to a magazine's web version (like The Economist) then you can create an app like icon in your Favourites folder which will simply launch the browser and take you to the magazine. I don't see why you would need to wait for a specific app.
Note that many apps are now being coded with HTML5 anyway. Even Angry Birds is now available on any desktop through the Chrome browser store.
