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Kindle Dev Kit open to beta testers

7 points by aohtsab 17y ago

fmeyer 17y ago
Still didn't get my dev kit =(
- DanielBMarkham 17y ago
  me neither. Wonder what the delay is?
  - aohtsab 17y ago
    submission required a brief description of proposed applications, which Amazon said they would review. I don't get it - does that mean that they'll wade through all of the ideas and pick the ones that sound good? Or was it just a soft filter to make sure developers have an idea?
diego_moita 17y ago
I don't understand the point of this. Why would anyone worry creating a native application for a highly restricted and proprietary platform when he/she has the option of creating a web application with much better control of deployment, simpler learning curve, etc? We've seen this history before. Just ask Lotus, WordPerfect, Ashton-Tate, Borland, Computer Associates and thousands of iPhone developers how nice it is to put a leash around your neck and handle it to Microsoft and Apple. Oh, and, after that ask McMillan if Amazon is a non-controling company with open standards. This is a gold rush with Amazon and Apple selling the picks and shovels.
- racy_rick 17y ago
  The web experience is second best on any small device right now. If it is speed and access to the whole device, then you need to code for their API.
rwl 17y ago
"Developer Guidelines: Voice over IP functionality, advertising, offensive materials, collection of customer information without express customer knowledge and consent, or usage of the Amazon or Kindle brand in any way are not allowed. In addition, active content must meet all Amazon technical requirements, not be a generic reader, and not contain malicious code. We will work to refine the above guidelines throughout the beta." Available APIs: http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr217/ http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr217/ http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
- aohtsab 17y ago
  was this already available? ...or is this the SDK everyone's waiting for?

7 points by aohtsab 17y ago

fmeyer 17y ago

Still didn't get my dev kit =(

DanielBMarkham 17y ago
me neither. Wonder what the delay is?
- aohtsab 17y ago
  submission required a brief description of proposed applications, which Amazon said they would review. I don't get it - does that mean that they'll wade through all of the ideas and pick the ones that sound good? Or was it just a soft filter to make sure developers have an idea?

diego_moita 17y ago

I don't understand the point of this. Why would anyone worry creating a native application for a highly restricted and proprietary platform when he/she has the option of creating a web application with much better control of deployment, simpler learning curve, etc? We've seen this history before. Just ask Lotus, WordPerfect, Ashton-Tate, Borland, Computer Associates and thousands of iPhone developers how nice it is to put a leash around your neck and handle it to Microsoft and Apple. Oh, and, after that ask McMillan if Amazon is a non-controling company with open standards. This is a gold rush with Amazon and Apple selling the picks and shovels.

racy_rick 17y ago
The web experience is second best on any small device right now. If it is speed and access to the whole device, then you need to code for their API.

rwl 17y ago

"Developer Guidelines: Voice over IP functionality, advertising, offensive materials, collection of customer information without express customer knowledge and consent, or usage of the Amazon or Kindle brand in any way are not allowed. In addition, active content must meet all Amazon technical requirements, not be a generic reader, and not contain malicious code. We will work to refine the above guidelines throughout the beta." Available APIs: http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr217/ http://java.sun.com/javame/reference/apis/jsr217/ http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

aohtsab 17y ago
was this already available? ...or is this the SDK everyone's waiting for?