The Apple iPad is now official out and officially in your local Best Buy or Apple Store. The device has gotten criticism that it is a larger / super-sized version of the iphone/ipod touch. There has been some bias in the recent reviews of the iPad. As we know the publishing industry is going through a bad time right now, with less people subscribing to magazines and newspapers. People are getting their news online for free. Media companies like the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and PC Magazine are giving biased reviews about the iPad, and saying it is an awesome magical device. While online media outlets like Engadget, Gizmodo and CNN are saying it is nice device, but lacks many things like Adobe Flash. The media companies are betting on the iPad, since they are moving to digital model distribution for an example Time Magazine charges 4.99 an issue on the iPad, vs reading it online for free. The WSJ offers a subscription to access their material on the iPad. WSJ does not give free content. One of the media outlets, USA Today who had a poor free iPad app, gave the iPad a poor review. The iPad is being hyped by media companies like WSJ especially since they have key interests in the product. I do believe that some of these reviews are not ethical, by giving people a wrong impression to buy a product.
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