http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/ Engadget Comments for Kindle dev kit now rolling out in limited beta http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 6th 2010 11:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/ androids sdk used java to]]>Feb 7th 2010 12:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 12:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
you get a 100 mb per month for free.

past that you have to pay subscription.

yes 100mb. that is like nothing. ]]>Feb 7th 2010 3:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/I think they are 2 months too late with this one.]]>Feb 7th 2010 5:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 6th 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 6th 2010 11:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
you do realize that androids sdk used java to]]>Feb 7th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 4:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
He can never get past 2. ]]>Feb 7th 2010 6:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
... This whole "I'm a CEO posting on Engadget" thing is getting old. ]]>Feb 7th 2010 12:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 12:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 12:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
I think this SDK business is a half-baked effort to gain traction by Kindle which is bound to end up in infinite sadness and disappointment. If you've ever experienced the speed of eInk you know how painful it is to advance the page. Takes forever to refresh, despite the advancements in technology.

If anything, the SDK just makes Amazon look desperate in the face of the looming threat from iPad. Putting that aside, it's also seeing its margins slashed by publishers and competitive edge eroded with so many new entrants into the space - Nook, Alex, eReader Touch et al.

The barbarians are at the gate and the only thing Amazon has in its arsenal are water balloons full of Jeff Bezos tears. The future is bleak . Sudoku ain't saving this eBook reader.]]>Feb 7th 2010 1:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 4:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
Amazon desperately needs the iPad to not hit critical mass, or they'll end up like all the iTunes music store competitors. They'll still have a viable profitable business as long as there's a market for real books, but I suspect that market will start to shrink over time as younger generations who don't have the attachment to paper that the older ones do become a larger % of the market.]]>Feb 7th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 8th 2010 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
I could care less about a touch screen on my Kindle. It does have a little joystick on it that works quite well to move around the screen and click on things. Also could care less about Color on a 6" eInk reader that really meant to read books, your normal everyday for enjoyment books. Not School Text books with Color Pictures and whatnot, besides you'd want a larger screen for that.

I have ZERO interest in the IPAD!!! There's NOTHING that it does that I care about. It sure isn't going to make my book reading any better. Far from it in fact. On the other hand, depending on price, the HD Slate looks more useful. Even that I wouldn't really use for ebooks, but sitting around wanting to browse the Web, and using FLASH and Multitasking, YES!!! If I had a need for something like the IPAD, I might as well buy a IPHONE!!! I'd get far, far more use out of it then a IPAD as it would be with me all the time!!! Anyone going to clip a IPAD onto their belt? Buy things with much larger pockets you can slip your IPAD into?!?!

If I didn't have a Kindle now, I'd still buy one now. The IPAD doesn't change anything other then Apple screwing up ebook prices, raising prices, trying kill the ebook market!!! Ya, thanks again for that Apple!!! I won't pay for them!!! I'll also continue to NOT buy anything form ITUNES!!! I always thought 99 cents per song was a rip-off!! Should have been no more then 50 cents per song.

Also, is it me,or aren't you tired of all this i this and i that? IPAD, IPHONE, ITUNES, IBOOKS, IMAC, etc, etc, etc, etc, really? It sounds so generic and bland. ZERO originally. Just slap a i in front of a everyday word and WOW, Apple has done it again!!!!! Apple changed it up with the whole "Apple TV" WOW!!! Just think if it was ITV!!! Maybe next time.

]]>Feb 7th 2010 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
Calm down. Amazon and the rest of the world were aware of the Tablet announcement by Apple way before the official announcement on 27th.

Amazon also went ahead and changed the terms of contract similar to the App Store in anticipation, 1 month ahead of time.]]>Feb 7th 2010 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/I'll light a candle for you somewhere....]]>Feb 8th 2010 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 1:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 4:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
agreed...damn I love just reading on the Kindle with e-ink, but I suspect it's days are number. Damn you iPad!]]>Feb 7th 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 8th 2010 7:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 4:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/Feb 7th 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
@malexandria1

There's always a market for apps. I wouldn't mind a simple text editor, a decent chess game, and crossword puzzles. Those are all pretty static and don't require fast screen updates.]]>Feb 7th 2010 7:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
Sounds like a delay tactic.

Without a touchscreen, the kinds of apps will be very simple. Something like a chess game will be awkward if the user needs to pan around with the dpad. It'll be interesting to see what developers come up with.]]>Feb 7th 2010 8:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
Very true. Looks like a crossword app will become commonplace with the occasional 'snake' like game...]]>Feb 7th 2010 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
No more awkward than a chess game for any console system, though of course, a touchscreen version would be better.]]>Feb 7th 2010 9:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/06/kindle-dev-kit-now-rolling-out-in-limited-beta/
Exactly, that'd be so 70's...

Maybe I should write a pong game for it... press i for up, and m for down :)]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:22AM