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Old 12-03-2010, 11:36 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by Kitabi View Post
If their only concern is being able to innovate rapidly enough, why not license Kindle OS and AZW/TPZ formats to other hardware makers? I am sure generic hardware manufacturers in Asia would be happy to include support for it and customers would be happy with more choices in hardware.
I agree, but Amazon would lose money if they let third parties get their hands on the source code (as far as I know AMZ isn't open source).

They'll let you convert other files to be read on the Kindle, you just have to email an attachment to your device and pay a couple bucks per conversion. If I had a Kindle they'd be making a killing off me from conversion alone!
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