howard | 
05 27th, 2010| 
Shouldn't this be a webpage?
First off, let me just state I don’t have an iPad (my boss does so I have seen one at least) and I haven’t yet had the pleasure of the new Wired magazine app.
But I’ve been thinking…
Shouldn’t Wired’s new iPad magazine app (soon to be “all tablets” apparently) actually be an HTML5 website? That would be truly cutting edge right? And accessible to all, regardless of platform, machine or OS?
And shouldn’t it be free? I know Chris Anderson has said a “freemium” version is on it’s way – which is great.
“For all asking about Wired iPad app pricing, it will evolve as we build new ecommerce methods. Freemium is in our future
about 22 hours ago via web @chr1sa“
But right now, as far as I can tell, Wired’s app is just their version of a Murdoch’s Paywall. At £2.99 a month it’s not that expensive, but it’s not that cheap either. Actually scratch that. it is cheap. I’d gladly pay that myself. I’ve bought the magazine for years and don’t see any reason why I am going to stop. But it’s still not free is it! Not that I necessarily think free is right – but I do believe Chris has said he does in the past once or twice. (I am, after all, mainly in the business of trying to sell stuff to people, and so are most of you I suspect!)
But I can’t help feeling for such a supposedly cutting edge geek-guide magazine, it should have been web-based, in a truly cutting edge tech, and “open”. And that’s something coming from me, as someone who’s built his fair share of flash-based websites in the last few years and screw the UX! (I’m a changed man at my new agency, what can I say!)
Howard
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