Amazon to Release Kindle SDK to Battle / Forestall Apple iSlate
Amazon has announced a software development kit for the Kindle. This is clearly an attempt to shore themselves up against the tidal wave of interest that Apple’s forthcoming tablet computer is going to generate.
The Kindle is an excellent piece of hardware with absolutely dynamite battery life. It’s definitely an adjunct to a “main computer” (or even a main laptop), but I would love to have, for instance, a Kindle-based blog reader.
I’ve had several ideas for Kindle apps and look forward to receiving the SDK. The Kindle’s internal software is programmed in Java, so I expect the SDK to be Java-based.
On the other hand, I fully expect to swoon at the Apple Tablet. I spent years developing Tablet PC software for Windows and was tremendously frustrated by the lack of uptake. The Tablet form-factor has lots of challenges, but with the iPod and iPhone Apple has proved their ability to “think differently” and create winning hardware/software solutions.
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The kit offers access to programming interfaces, tools, and documentation to build content for Kindle. The kit also features sample code and Kindle Simulator, for building and testing content by simulating the Kindle device on Mac, PC, and Linux desktops.
With the recent history of the Iphone, i will not be rushing out to buy the first release. I’m gonna wait for the second variation and the price to drop. Apples frequent to make changes to their products so I won’t have to wait very long. I’d luv to know many people had buyers remorse after going to buy the first version
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Does anyone know if the Kindle OS uses GTK? Or KDE? Or something else?
Sincerely,
Eric Bergman-Terrell
I had my Kindle delivered last week. And must say I am pleased as a punch LOL. I did some research on bing and also asked my collegues for feedback. Finally bought it from Kindle Store. They were running a promo and I got $25 off. I am so happy with it after having downloaded digital media from Amazon – all of them were free! I just love it!