Don’t laugh. Apparently this is coming soon: Check out the coverage here. Interesting that Amazon is coming out with an SDK (but it’s really a KDK – Kindle Development Kit) at this point in the history of the Kindle device. I’m even more curious to see how people react to navigating content on a Kindle, or gaming on a Kindle. I could see Space Invaders doing okay as a casual game, I suppose.
We all knew the Kindle wouldn’t be the only digital reading device (DRD) on the market forever. The last year or two has seen rapid development of new DRDs, new ways to obtain content, new formats for content, and so on. But CES 2010 marks the first appearance of some interesting new DRDs, some of which are explicitly designed for specific market segments. Exhibit A: The Plastic Logic Que. The Que is for business travelers, although I wouldn’t mind getting…
Read more here…the decision has to do with accessibility for people with vision impairments.
Gizmodo has the juicy details. I’m thinking that the development team that worked on the Nook systematically studied the Kindle, both on their own and in the context of real people doing real reading, and then built the Nook. I’m excited.
It’s been obvious for a while that the Amazon Kindle, Kindle DX, and Kindle 2 would eventually face stiff competition, both in terms of hardware platform and software/services design and availability. The competition, however, has taken a while to materialize, in part because it’s hard to get a bunch of competitors to decide on e-book formats, DRM, sales questions, etc., etc. So, the news today about the Google Editions e-book store is big because its presence in the market addresses…
That’s what Gizmodo is saying…and they’re also saying this new device will combine an e-ink screen with a multitouch display surface to boot. This idea seems obvious and necessary, and it was only a matter of time before somebody made a multitouch-enabled e-reader (other than Sony).
Wow, even KOMO TV is excited about the Kindle DX pilot project! While their article isn’t exactly hard-hitting
The Amazon Kindle DX pilot project continues to attract national attention. Forbes just wrote up a brief article on the project, which provides a quick look at how a few of the other schools in the project consortium are studying the Kindle DX in the classroom. Our study starts in late September 2009 and runs through the school year. We can’t wait to get started!
