Just a few months ago, the video demonstration of Wired magazine’s vision of a tablet-based iteration of their magazine made a lot of waves. In fact, one of the most talked about moments at SXSW last month was a presentation made by Wired‘s Scott Dadich and Adobe’s Jeremy Clark. But in light of the recent battles between Apple and Adobe over Flash and the iPad platform, did Wired make a strategic error in putting so much into their Adobe partnership? Yes, it appears so.

Sometimes you really have to wonder whether the magazine world deserves the fate that is being dealt to them. After a year of plummeting ad sales and deep cutbacks that saw the shuttering of many a beloved title many magazine, aficionados greeted news of the iPad as the savior to their many problems. And perhaps it still might be, though likely not like this.

Our little brother Geekosystem has been all over the release of Apple’s new iPad – as have many others in media.

Well Fox News’ late night comedy/news show Red Eye conducted their review Friday night – and it probably ranked as the most politically incorrect review in the last few weeks.

No doubt, plenty of people are spending this Easter weekend acquainting themselves with the joys of life with the iPad. Sooner or later, however, a little tech frustration will no doubt fall. It apparently happened sooner to this guy (actually, teenager…I know, shocking), who lived out every computer owner’s fantasy (okay, maybe just mine) and actually took a baseball bat to his iPad.

It’s very easy to be skeptical of all the media lanscape-changing hype surrounding the iPad — in fact, we have not been immune to some classic cynicism ourselves. But we just had a fairly comprehensive walk-through of the Men’s Health iPad application, and consider us converted. We have found media’s future religion and thy name is iPad. A more complete write up is forth coming, but consider the following first reaction.

just got back from an excellent panel here in D.C. hosted by Slate and the New American Foundation on the state of the mobile technology industry in the U.S.. Trust me, it was geeky, and I won’t bore you. However, there happened to be some relevance to my favorite issue – traditional media producers trying to hold on to the send-receive transactional messages of old.

On Wednesday night, the ABC breakout hit Modern Family featured a storyline where geeky dad Phil Dunphy wants nothing more for his birthday than an Apple iPad. The entire episode featured the rest of the family trying to get it for him, with scenes set in Apple Store lines and numerous characters waxing rhapsodic about the new product. Fans were furious at the shameless product placement. All the angry viewers, however, will be shocked to read this LA Times article, and learn that there was not product placement. The storyline was completely created by the writers of the show and Apple paid them nothing.

The oft-discussed “cataclysmic shift” in print and digital publishing circles has mostly been hyperbole. Until now. With the imminent launch of Apple’s iPad, and the numerous slick demos that have been revealed for any or all tablet versions in the last few months, that cataclysmic shift is upon us, and if there is any consensus in the publishing world, it’s that it’s all very much a work in progress. Case in point: what is the function of an magazine cover for an iPad?

Ink-stained wretches, it’s not just you! The social media and Twitter elite fret about the future of journalism too — and wonder how it will survive the digital revolution. At SXSWi, there was no shortage of panels obsessively deconstructing this topic (and tweeting about it, natch).

Scott Dadich, Design Director for Wired and Jeremy Clark, Experience Designer for Adobe, previewed a demo of Wired‘s future plans for an iPad version of the Conde Nast title. Judging by the response on Twitter, the demo created bit of a stir, primarily it seems for showing what the future of magazines could look like.Video of the demonstration after the jump.

At the American Association of Advertising Agencies‘ Transformation Conference in San Francisco yesterday, Wired Editor-in-Chief Chris Anderson addressed the crowd and waxed lyrically about the possibilities for the currently troubled magazine industry via Apple’s iPad (and other tablet platforms.)

Leave it to Malcolm Gladwell to come up with a reason why journalism – particularly magazine writing – will survive. Gladwell believes that even if a tiny percentage of people in the world value and subscribe to publications like the New Yorker then that actually translates into a large enough number to sustain the industry. But Gladwell also warned in his chat with his friend, colleague, and debating partner Adam Gopnik that it’s not often that his theories get substantiated by subsequent events.

Though digital magazines were conspicuously missing at the iPad’s debut, Interview, according to the HuffPo, previewed its digital brethren last night at its 40th anniversary party at the Hudson Hotel’s Good Units. The Factory would be proud on so many levels, except that the video was not made available in any viral form. Ew.

CNN Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry exclusively reveals to Mediaite how to stay on top as a reporter, the effects of the blogosphere on his reporting, the usefulness of his Twitter feed, and he attacks the idea of a liberal media bias.

I saw the Sport Illustrated demo video long before the iPad was released. It was everything the iPad should have been on Day One. A mind-blowing demonstration of what the future of the magazine could be. The problem is, the iPad cannot do what the demo shows and it should have. Flash is the only current technology that would make that possible.

Aol.’s technology and consumer electronics blog Engadget has closed their comments sections after a huge burst of “trollish” feedback spurred by increased traffic due to iPad coverage. “Hey guys, we know you like to have your fun, voice your opinions, and argue over your favorite gear, but over the past few days the tone in comments has really gotten out of hand,” wrote editor-in-chief Joshua Topolsky in a post this morning. It’s like putting the internet in time out!

As dialogue continues to swirl about the iTampon’s big iLetdown, David Carr’s recent article in the New York Times touches on a point that has often gone unsaid: this is a media consumption device, not a gadget, and its larger size is precisely what makes it special.

Sometime Friday, Amazon stopped directly selling all books put out by the publisher Macmillan, due to a disagreement over future pricing of e-books. Let’s be clear, it’s not just that Amazon wasn’t selling Macmillan books on the Kindle. Amazon was no longer directly selling any books from this publisher, though one can still buy them new and used on the website through third-party vendors. This is a dispute with massive consequences for publishers — and it’s not great for Amazon, either. So why did both companies find themselves in this mutually destructive game of chicken?

Since introducing its iPad e-reader on Wednesday, Apple has been absorbing heavy criticism for muffing the naming of the new product. You don’t have to be a Mensa member to have seen that this was just a bad idea, period. Even more damning, though, is that Mad TV actually ran a parody of the iPod called the “iPad”… in 2007! Zennie Abraham mentioned the sketch in his column, and AdFreak dug it up.

Yesterday, the Internet scratched its collective head over the name of the new Apple iPad, because it reminded a lot of us of those handy absorbent paper products that many female gadget-owners use once a month. Did no one tell Steve Jobs? Maybe not — because they were too afraid.

The Apple iPad was introduced yesterday at a presentation by Apple CEO Steve Jobs, and with a cost below $600, it’s sure to move inventory. While the iPad’s 9.7 inch ips display is certainly bright, and the iPad specs are attractive to all but video-bloggers (no iMovie? Really?), the one big problem is a glaring [...]

Because really, why wouldn’t he? He likes to weigh in on everything else: “There’s nothing manly about it, at all! I wanted to watch videos of lolcats while laying on the couch. But no, they won’t even give it Flash support. ” Video after the jump.

Today, we found out what the latest mysterious and life-changing product from Apple — the heralded multi-purpose new “Tablet” e-reader — would be called. It’s called the iPad. Is it just us, or does that remind you of stocking up on Kotex?