Do magazine publishers care about digital users?

Replica magazines coming soon on your coming soon Android Wear smart watch. 


As wearable tech advances through Google Glass and Android Wear watches, its imperative that forward thinking consumer magazine publishers would like a piece of the action. I’ll tell you what! If anyone has an solution to the tiny screen problem, you could make a killing with magazine publishers. Here is why…

I’ll read this magazine — because I’m an early adopter!


Look at this picture on the left. Can you imagine reading a PDF magazine through a 1.63 inch display smart watch?

Forget usability experts, users will pull out their hair.

Here is what some publishers expect users to do. Download PDF replica print magazines and have the user zoom in and read two words at a time. Besides negative feedback, there is a risk of users ending up hating the tech altogether.

Like I said, anyone with a solution to solving this problem would make a lot of money. But I believe the answer is in developing something native to Wear, and audio tracks.