The Wired Magazine iPad Edition is certainly another benchmarking that all UI and UX design and developers will be looking at to determine just what works best for the rest of the magazine publishing industry that also wants to invest in the proper app strategy. It’s not just the pricing model that excites us, it’s

Tablet magazines will take a big step forward next month when the reality of an interactive iPad magazine can be held in your hands. Expensive? Yes, but then again so is creating and printing a print magazine. The magazine brand enjoys strong identity for the content or niche for which it is targeted. Interactive media

The Magazine Publishers of America MPA has created the “mapps” (magazine applications) magazine apps directory. “Your official guide to mobile applications produced by magazine/media companies. From news, sports, entertainment and gaming to finance, fashion, beauty and health, magazines are developing apps that extend the influence of their trusted brands and complement consumers’ on-the-go, digital lifestyles.

Magazine publishers are starting to think ahead. And this type of thinking may not be to far ahead since many publishing technology futurists see the unique digital magazine and “Tablet Magazines” just around the corner. It’s likely that the e-book tablet market will open create a strong enough demand by this time next year that