I have read many articles with people saying that iPad is not more than a bad idea. Some critics say that the bigger size is as problem, the lack of a camera is another one, and so on. The problem, indeed isn’t with the iPad design, but with these people’s vision.

iPad wasn’t designed to be a computer or a mobile device. iPad was built to replace newspapers and magazines! Think about it, how much money could be saved if all content producers from newspapers and magazines could sell their content without needing to print nor distribute their stuff.

In a short period of time, book readers won’t have to buy books and put them on a shelf anymore. Newspaper readers would be able to read all newspapers they want still in their bedroom. With cheaper production costs, no risk of producing more copies than they would sell and no need to pay transport fees anymore, digital copies will cost less than printed content. As if wasn’t enough, less printing will reduce the trees cut and reduce global warming. With all this, paper published content will be gradually reduced and finally become collector’s stuff in a few years, like CD is today.

It’s remarkable the ability of Steve Jobs to see the future and put Apple one step ahead, time after time.

So if your job is to print, sell or deliver paper-based content, better start to find other things to do. There will be no space for many of your kind in the future.