Some of the large printing & publishing companies are working on applications to have their printed magazines go digital and become available on tablet PCs.  Whether this will make any difference to sales volumes of magazines remains to be seen.  Applications are already available for iPhones, its just being taken one step further.  The bigger screen on iTablets will make it more user friendly.

What do you think of accessing your favorite magazine online via your tablet PC?  Do you think it will make things easier, more convenient?  Or is it just another gimmick for the gadget geeks?

I can think of some cool animations, graphics and interactive stuff that could be done on the iTablets.  Also the search function would be really useful for when you are trying to find an article.  Even if sales are not increased they are bound to save printing and distribution costs.  This new tablet PC technology could be a savior to publishing houses, which must be seeing their sales being eroded by online information.

But part of me still just wants to be old fashioned and flip through a magazine.

Take part in our online poll, in the sidebar of the homepage, let us know whether you think iTablets will make any difference to the magazine business.