Comments on: Amazon Kindle Runs Linux

By: cmdln

cmdln — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:10:10 +0000

Thanks for the pointer to the boot spew. I especially appreciate your observations and analysis of the log material.

By: Larry

Larry — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:06:50 +0000

I’ve posted portions of the kindle boot log on my blog (sybraspace.blogspot.com).

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 15:21:54 +0000

Yeah, it would be nice to share a book friends and family between units and I love to share feeds and blog entries. I guess you’d have to do that completely manually on another “non converged” device. Sad, but a profitable business model for them.

By: cmdln

cmdln — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:42:44 +0000

I can’t say that surprises me. So it runs Linux, could have WiFi added. The sticking points that remain are how hackable it will be and the cost. I suspect the former will be easy to answer, one way or another. The latter, along with Amazon’s choice to utilize DRM, will probably still limit its success to no better than past offerings.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:26:43 +0000

Yes:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0711/07110102eyefiwirelesscardreview.asp