Don't misread Gizmodo's headline (like I did) and wrongly assume that the site is claiming iPad sales are slumping. Rather, it seems that iPad sales of virtual magazines are slumping because apparently all of us iPad owners are too busy playing . Gizmodo says that 's numbers on the iPad are down 80 percent, and , , and are all down, too. From publishers' perspective, however, Apple's continued failure--see how it's done CNN?--to implement a traditional subscription service makes them so mad that they want to punch someone.

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Speaking of which, a 68-year-old Idahoan was arrested yesterday after punching a teen who refused to turn off his iPhone in preparation for landing. On a Southwest Airlines flight from Las Vegas into Boise, the teen allegedly ignored crewmember instructions to turn off all portable electronic devices, and the senior citizen then allegedly took matters into his own hands. Or rather, fists. The legal statute that what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas reportedly doesn't apply once you've entered Idaho airspace.