On Wednesday, Apple announced the launch of their newest product the iPad. About the size of a book, the iPad can keep track of your contacts and calendar. It claims to make surfing the web and checking your email easier than ever on a mobile device. Like the Kindle, it has the ability to download books, but perhaps the most interesting factor to me is the way the New York Times is featured on the screen in the ad.

As someone who always has my iPhone with me I am very interested to continue researching about all the iPad has to offer. I will also watch how news meshes with the electronic readers. Will New York Times sell subscriptions through an iTunes like store? Can the Times still be viewed on the web for free? And the question I am most interested in…Will the popularity of Apple’s new product effect the sales of New York Times since it is featured so prominently in their advertising?