http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/ Engadget Comments for Amazon job postings ask for display and wireless experts, hint at Kindle things to come? 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/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Not at all. eInk doing video would be incredible. It would be like those newspapers in the Harry Potter movies.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/No one said you had to constantly be playing video. But the option to do so would be beneficial.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 3:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/
From https://sub-amazon.icims.com/jobs/112238/job?in_iframe=1

It says "including but not limited to"]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/I think Kindle will remain a separate device. This is just a hunch really.]]>Feb 8th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/
Don't subcumb to peer pressure Kindle, you're fine just the way you are! You don't have to be like that slutty iPad with all its seductive features to be cool!!

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Yes, because there is only room for one kind of device out there and the iPad solves everyone's needs at an ideal price.]]>Feb 8th 2010 4:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 5:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/
History: Qualcomm bought Iridigm (the iMod, aka Mirasol startup) 5.5 years ago with expectations of products coming quickly. They chased their tails for years with only a very small monochrome display coming out. Qualcomm has pumped hundreds of millions of $ into Mirasol. One might have expected them to cut their losses by now.

Rumor: The Kindle was supposed to have Qualcomm chips, but they switched to something else at the last minute (Broadcom I think?). The CEO of Qualcomm is pissed and want Mirasol to be a Kindle killer.

That's what I heard anyway... from people who used to work there...]]>Feb 8th 2010 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/
Although both products share some characteristics, they are very different in their target audiences. If I read books and newspapers the old way, I would probably prefer the Kindle, if I like to have my multimedia as well, the iPad.

It's good to see Amazon working on a new device, but I hope they don't forget the real advantages of E-Ink.]]>Feb 8th 2010 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/
Agreed! I have a tv (w/ xbox 360), laptop, and ipod touch. ALL OF THEM let me watch tv, movies, listen to music, and play video games.

I don't need another device that does all those things.

I do need a dedicated reader that's easy to read from and won't have a low battery if I forget to plug it in before bed! So I got a Kindle a couple weeks ago (just after apples announcement of the ipodXL)

@roxic

werty is right, e-ink isn't meant for video. Color will be good when it's available, but video defeated the purpose.]]>Feb 8th 2010 7:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/08/amazon-job-postings-ask-for-display-and-wireless-experts-hint-a/Feb 8th 2010 10:28PM