Michael Wolff wrote a great piece on the sad state of publishing on tablets (read: the iPad).
Here's a few choice nuggets I loved:

But, back to Rupert. The Daily is a pure I-don't-get-it-but-I'll-be-damned-if-that-stops-me play (and who can stop me, anyway?). It was conceived by Murdoch himself, willed into being by Murdoch, and executed by him. A man who has an absolute belief in the medium of newspapers and almost no firsthand experience or interest in digital media--save for having sometimes to awkwardly pose next to a computer to suggest he might use one, although he doesn't--decided to address the problem of old ways and new technology with the greatest certainty and resolve. The Daily is the result--a hopeless misreading of the form.

And:

There's a loud, jarring, jumpy, desperate, look-at-me sense of tablet publishing--it tries too hard. It's not just that tablet design invites people to look over your shoulder and enter your space--but it makes the reader self-conscious too. So much design, so little function. So much brand, so little purpose. Vulgar.

via FishbowlNY