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"Kindle doesn’t use subscriptions. Kindle offers purchases." The Kindle app doesn't support subscriptions, but the Kindle device does.

$35.88/year for the New Yorker (47 issues/year) on (B&W) Kindle vs. $234.53/year in the New Yorker iPad app and about $50/year for the paper version which comes with access to the archive on the web.

http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Yorker/dp/B001O2SCKI/ref=sr_1_...

The xfinity iPad app now offers "Play Now" so it's not just a fancy remote control, but a content delivery app with a monthly subscription handled outside the app.

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-first-look-comcast-xfinit...




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