Comments on: I want a Kindle with Twitter built-in

By: nick

nick — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 02:43:33 +0000

Apparently SMS bandwidth costs more than bandwidth to the Hubble space telescope.

Sun’s java for phones integrates with the phone’s SMS capability, so java based books readers on phones can SMS from within the book.

There is one example here: http://www.booksinmyphone.com/?list=book&id=watts01 It lets you forward a link to download the book, if the phone supports it ‘all the way’ it integrates with the phone’s contact list.

By: Garson O'Toole

Garson O'Toole — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:06:00 +0000

Amazon does not charge for the wireless connection used by the Kindle, and continuous twittering would use that connection extensively. Perhaps Amazon will begin charging for access or start to push advertising to Kindles to defray costs. Text messages require only small amounts of bandwidth, but perversely cell phone companies charge exorbitant fees for text. “AT&T’s Text Messages Cost $1,310 per Megabyte” is the title of an article on Techcrunch that looks at the cost of SMS (Short Message Service) on the iPhone in the U.S. Twitter does not have to use SMS across a wireless connection but I cite the article because it may represent what a cell phone company would like to charge Amazon for text messaging on a Kindle. I hope Amazon can get a much better rate.

By: Mike Cane

Mike Cane — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 19:52:55 +0000

How about one with Oprah built-in? Yeesh.
http://mikecane2008.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/oprah-to-flog-abominable-kindle/

By: Rich Adin

Rich Adin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:03:09 +0000

Joe, why not just use a laptop or the eeePC and be done with it?

By: James

James — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:19:21 +0000

And that should have been addressed to Joel, obviously…

By: James

James — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:18:25 +0000

Paul – I couldn’t agree more, and the fact that I wished connectivity was built into even paper books was the reason I built http://bkkeepr.com – a way of recording what you read, via Twitter. As soon as ereaders with connectivity become hackable, I’d love to see this facility built-in.