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“Clearly, no printed textbook can compete,” said Roger Rosner, an Apple vice president said during a press event this morning in New York.
Before unveiling the plan, Apple senior vice president Phil Schiller noted the sad state of current textbooks. They aren’t portable, searchable, current, or interactive, he said.
Rosner showed off some of the potential improvements: text with embedded movies… rich, engaging layouts…portrait/landscape mode switches for more or fewer graphics….the ability to tap on glossary terms…searching for keywords throughout a text…review questions with immediate feedback…highlighting with your finger…pop-up spaces for note taking…instant study cards.
iBooks 2 will offer “super-fast, super-fluid navigation,” Rosner said.
A new textbook category is appearing in the iBooks store, he noted.
Apple takes the wraps off its education-related announcement this morning. But what exactly will we get as the big reveal?
Today’s event kicks off at 10 a.m. ET/7 a.m. PT. Apple is not providing a live stream of the proceedings, though could offer one after the fact as it’s done for previous news announcements. In any case, CNET will be there to bring you the news via live blog.
