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Old 12-27-2011, 10:14 AM   #1
Crackpot
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Device: Kindle Touch WiFi
Abusing the internal USB-port of a kindle touch WiFi

Hello everyone,

because Geekmaster said in an other thread that the 3G modem of a kindle is internally connected via USB, I'm curious what's about the kindle touch modem and it's connection .
In this article on zdnet they open up a kindle touch wifi. After I read it some questions came up:
1. Does anybody know what's the pinout of the connector between the modem and the main board?
2. What's the size of the modem ( I can't tell it from the pixels ) ?

I'm asking because I think replacing the pice of plastic in a kindle touch wifi with a circuit board on that you put an integrated hub with four microsdhc-card-readers or so would be nice. So you could replace the cards easily and you could store a lot more books than the 3.21gb available make it possible and you could store images and use it for applications that need more space.
If this would be possible I would get my lazy ass up and try to make such a thing for testing or it's just impossible and I'm a littlebit dumb and insane.
in advance and please excuse my English.

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