Thread: New Kindle format: KF8
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Old 10-21-2011, 05:18 PM   #98
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Originally Posted by Prestidigitweeze View Post
But why would KF8 be significantly easier to run on the K3 than the K2/DX? Apart from having more RAM and being able to play audio content, isn't the K3 closer to the K2 than it is to the newest batch?
The software on the Kindle (the new, non-touch version) is very similar to the software on the Kindle Keyboard.

The only difference is the on-screen keyboard and some additional menu entries to accommodate things that you need the keyboard for (e.g. changing the text size).

Hardware wise, the newer Kindle models do have a newer processor, but I can't think of anything in the new format that wouldn't work on Kindle Keyboard.

The Kindle Keyboard has a very powerful web browser that is able to support far more HTML5, CSS, SVG and JavaScript features than KF8 plans to support.

I think that could be the key - I wouldn't be surprised if KF8 used the WebKit browser found on Kindle Keyboard/Kindle (non-touch) and Kindle Touch.
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