Comments on: Kindle SDK (KDK) to be available next month

By: Broklynite

Broklynite — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:36:36 +0000

I love the idea of apps. It allows the user themselves to create unique content for their own software, as well as allowing greater flexability in customization for your product. In fact, this was one of the things that people complained about in other items like the IPhone for a very long time- which is why people started Cracking their phones, to allow customization. I like the idea of being able to change the font, size, and darkness of my PDFs- as of now, many of the books I want to read are in word format and need to be converted to PDF. But on doing so, the font changes and becomes very difficult to read on the kindle- eyestrain! So I’m applauding Amazon’s decision 100%

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 20:50:30 +0000

I’d like to see improved PDF functionality if possible. Highlighting and notes, specifically.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 10:32:14 +0000

I’m sure they’ll be Java-based seeing as how the logo on the KDK Web site shows a computer using Eclipse…

By: C

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 20:40:46 +0000

I think it’s a great idea. Part of the fun of the current generation of technology is the ability for users to create their own content.

I know that programmers out there can make better apps for the Kindle than Amazon could ever dream of. I’m not one of those developers, but I’m pretty stoked to see what people come up with that we haven’t even considered before.

And if there’s nothing original or innovative…then I don’t have to waste precious memory on my Kindle for it. That’s far better than being stuck with add-ons from Amazon that I don’t want or need.

By: David Lang

David Lang — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:58:09 +0000

@jeffrey

why would it be better to not offer you the option of improving the kindle?

an improved browser could be available as an app (but at that point data charges could apply) I wonder how they will tell the difference between data fetched by an app and data fetched by the browser? If we are lucky, they won’t charge for web browsing no matter what the app.

By: Jon H

Jon H — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:26:32 +0000

An interactive fiction parser and the classic Infocom games. Amazon could probably license them pretty cheap at this point.

By: Al

Al — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:51:57 +0000

Amazon has already announced that we will have some way of organizing our books, my assumption is by tags which would be fine by me. Now if they will just legalize someone to make our font selection then I would not have to hack it just to make my tired old eyes read easier.

By: Andrey

Andrey — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:06:45 +0000

I like to see GUI for mp3 player in Kindle :)

By: Jeffrey

Jeffrey — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:43:13 +0000

I honestly do not like this idea at all. It seems to me like a desperate cash grab in a now competitor filled market that betrays the original marketing of the Kindle. Like the user above stated, our cellular phones do these things much better and I believe that Amazon should have kept the platform closed and continued to make improvements to the OS internally. The only improvements that I would like to see are the implementation of folders and a more functional web browser, but Amazon will not allow a more usable browser, however capable the machine actually is, because it would cost them on the data side of things.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 14:06:43 +0000

When you say “bringing all Kindle software to version 2.3″ are you including the K1? Mine is still running v. 1.2, and does not show that any update is available.

As for apps, that is what my Android smart phone is for. All that I want is folders/content management capability, and maybe the release of the KDK will permit someone to meet that need.