Learning Ecosystems

• The iPad Ecosystem — Apple iPad: Winners And Losers — from Forbes.com by Taylor Buley
  Steve Jobs has a way of shaking up the technology industry. Watch these companies for the fallout.”
• Apple iPad: Everything you need to know — from Stephen Downes <– way to go on the prediction here Stephen; nice work!
• Apple unveils the iPad — from vatornews.com
  Tablet details revealed. Cool device, but falls short on many features
• iWork apps unveiled for the iPad — from the Download Blog on CNET.com by Jason Parker
• Steve Jobs unveils $499 netbook killer — from Forbes.com by Brian Caulfield
• Apple iPad: Publishing savior? — from Forbes.com: Technology News by Kym McNicholas
• ACU plans to publish first student newspaper on Apple’s iPad — from Helge Scherlund’s eLearning News Blog
  Abilene Christian University’s student-run media staff announces its commitment to produce the first paper of its kind for Apple’s iPad. Dr. Cheryl Bacon, chair of ACU’s Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, says students and faculty already are working to achieve this goal.
• A closer look at Apple’s new tablet, the iPad — from wired.com
• Apple’s iPad: Is it a game-changer? — from CNN. Money. com by Philip Elmer-DeWitt
• Full Interview: John Gruber on Apple’s iPad announcement — from Spark
• iPad: Does the iPad kill the Touch? Is this a transformative tool for education? — from iear.org

From DSC:
To me, this device has the potential to really move multimedia-based communications forward.  For one thing, “magazines” will never be the same again.