Imagine a magazine cover converting into a video highlight of that moment. It should be here in early 2010 with Apple’s release of the Tablet.  Basically an enlarged iPhone, the main question for developers is what operating system will the device run.  A combination of OSX and the mobile iphone OS?  It’s awesome to imagine how everything from textbooks to comics could be done in this interface.  Watch a Sports Illustrated demo below.

Apple recently had several executives from the Time magazine group at their Cupertino’s campus, where they were asked to present their ideas on the future of publishing. Several mockups of magazines were present in interactive form. It is presumed that more talks took place after the introduction and investigatory meeting. Some publishers also considering Adobe Air as a competing option for digital magazines, but without a revenue/distribution system that iTunes has, it seems unlikely.  Look for Time Inc to release many of there publications on the tablet. (via Gizmodo)