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" I think the screen size chosen for the iPad is perfect for publishers to render content beautifully, for games to be played. "

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" The iPad is a superior consumption device for material on the Web. "

" One of the things that Flipboard is great at is certainly looking at the news in a realtime format, which a lot of the personal news aggregators don't really focus on, so you can see things right up to the minute. "

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