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Scrabble Is First Paid Game App for Kindle

13 points by cwan 16y ago

gcheong 16y ago
Was anyone here let into the developer's beta program?
- joubert 16y ago
  I was, but never bothered to try out the sdk.
- relix 16y ago
  I applied to create a fun game that's basically an etch-a-sketch. Was denied.
- Groxx 16y ago
  Would really like to apply, but I want to build a reading application (expressly forbidden by their SDK agreement), because I've yet to see anything efficiently use E-ink displays, and their UIs are uniformly nasty. To the point where I've wondered if they're doing it deliberately, because it could mean relative-death to second-hand book sales.
- pietrofmaggi 16y ago
  I was still waiting for approval... :-/
ajg1977 16y ago
If I was Amazon I'd be slinging Marco SDKs, hardware, whatever, to get a version of Instapaper running on the Kindle. Killer app.
- relix 16y ago
  Instapaper is pure liquid gold for the Kindle. Marco has definitely made the right choice to create a start-up based on it. Right now I've got probably about a hundred articles on Instapaper, collected over the month or so I'm using it, but I haven't read any of them yet. My Kindle should arrive Monday and the first thing I'll do is read those articles on it.
- jdietrich 16y ago
  One caveat - WhisperNet. Amazon aren't going to be keen on people buying Kindles, only to use their free cellular bandwidth to read blogs. Amazon have no interest in making hardware, it's just a means to an end, the end in question being the end of the publishing industry.
- someperson 16y ago
aberkowitz 16y ago
For those curious, I was able to find KDK documentation: http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html
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10ren 16y ago
Does anyone know what CPU/clock speed the kindle 3 has? Can't seem to find it with google. Thanks! I'm interested in the possibility of programming on the unit itself. The low-power consumption makes you less dependent on mains power. EDIT according to http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95968 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95968, it's an iMX35 (ARM11-based) http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=IMX35_FAMILY http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=I... (probably iMX353 or iMX357: max speed... 532 MHz)
- pietrofmaggi 16y ago
  Yes, it's an iMX35, you can see a teardown of the WiFi+3G version here: http://www.eevblog.com/2010/09/03/eevblog-109-amazon-kindle-3-3ggsmwifi-6-teardown/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/09/03/eevblog-109-amazon-kindle-...
Tichy 16y ago
It bothers me a little bit that they are not opening the KDK for all people at the same time. Nevertheless, I expect to experiment with Kindle apps in the future (if they ever let normal guys into the developer program).
- gcheong 16y ago
  I guess I can understand that they want to test the waters with a brand name app, but now that they've actually published something the continued stinginess with the sdk is off-putting. Maybe one consolation is that, by the time they open it up to regular folk, there might be much better Kindles to play with.
kennu 16y ago
It seems to be currently unavailable at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2QCE8/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2QCE8/ Not seeing in my Kindle 3's store search either.
pietrofmaggi 16y ago
"Major drawback: Unlike Facebook’s or other online iterations of the Scrabble game, there is no social dimension. You can’t play with another Kindle user online; the best you can do is set up a two-player game where you pass the Kindle back and forth." This seems to me a major step-back. Someone knows if is this a choice made by Electronic Arts or is something imposed by Amazon?

13 points by cwan 16y ago

gcheong 16y ago

Was anyone here let into the developer's beta program?

joubert 16y ago
I was, but never bothered to try out the sdk.
relix 16y ago
I applied to create a fun game that's basically an etch-a-sketch. Was denied.
Groxx 16y ago
Would really like to apply, but I want to build a reading application (expressly forbidden by their SDK agreement), because I've yet to see anything efficiently use E-ink displays, and their UIs are uniformly nasty. To the point where I've wondered if they're doing it deliberately, because it could mean relative-death to second-hand book sales.
pietrofmaggi 16y ago
I was still waiting for approval... :-/

ajg1977 16y ago

If I was Amazon I'd be slinging Marco SDKs, hardware, whatever, to get a version of Instapaper running on the Kindle. Killer app.

relix 16y ago
Instapaper is pure liquid gold for the Kindle. Marco has definitely made the right choice to create a start-up based on it. Right now I've got probably about a hundred articles on Instapaper, collected over the month or so I'm using it, but I haven't read any of them yet. My Kindle should arrive Monday and the first thing I'll do is read those articles on it.
jdietrich 16y ago
One caveat - WhisperNet. Amazon aren't going to be keen on people buying Kindles, only to use their free cellular bandwidth to read blogs. Amazon have no interest in making hardware, it's just a means to an end, the end in question being the end of the publishing industry.
someperson 16y ago

aberkowitz 16y ago

For those curious, I was able to find KDK documentation: http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html http://kdk-javadocs.s3.amazonaws.com/index.html

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10ren 16y ago

Does anyone know what CPU/clock speed the kindle 3 has? Can't seem to find it with google. Thanks! I'm interested in the possibility of programming on the unit itself. The low-power consumption makes you less dependent on mains power. EDIT according to http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95968 http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95968, it's an iMX35 (ARM11-based) http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=IMX35_FAMILY http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?code=I... (probably iMX353 or iMX357: max speed... 532 MHz)

pietrofmaggi 16y ago
Yes, it's an iMX35, you can see a teardown of the WiFi+3G version here: http://www.eevblog.com/2010/09/03/eevblog-109-amazon-kindle-3-3ggsmwifi-6-teardown/ http://www.eevblog.com/2010/09/03/eevblog-109-amazon-kindle-...

Tichy 16y ago

It bothers me a little bit that they are not opening the KDK for all people at the same time. Nevertheless, I expect to experiment with Kindle apps in the future (if they ever let normal guys into the developer program).

gcheong 16y ago
I guess I can understand that they want to test the waters with a brand name app, but now that they've actually published something the continued stinginess with the sdk is off-putting. Maybe one consolation is that, by the time they open it up to regular folk, there might be much better Kindles to play with.

kennu 16y ago

It seems to be currently unavailable at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2QCE8/ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003P2QCE8/ Not seeing in my Kindle 3's store search either.

pietrofmaggi 16y ago

"Major drawback: Unlike Facebook’s or other online iterations of the Scrabble game, there is no social dimension. You can’t play with another Kindle user online; the best you can do is set up a two-player game where you pass the Kindle back and forth." This seems to me a major step-back. Someone knows if is this a choice made by Electronic Arts or is something imposed by Amazon?