I just read through this issue of Wired on my iPad while on a plane. It was neat to be able to have the videos and such without an internet connection. However

I just read through this issue of Wired on my iPad while on a plane. It was neat to be able to have the videos and such without an internet connection. However, the real reason it is 500MB is the same reason the paper copy is so many pages... It is about 50% advertising.