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dwallbaum · 05-28-2009, 02:13 PM

Hi cush;

I read that some publications are going to be subsidizing the cost of the KDX with a long-term subscription to their publication. A few magazines and newspapers are involved in this.

So, a KDX as a leased piece of equipment? Could be. I can see universities basically leasing KDXs to students. Several schools are giving laptops to students now, since a 'puter is a basic learning tool now.

I can see some type of convergence that would make sense.. support for a bluetoothed external keyboard? Then you could have a reasonably-functional web browsing tool and text editor -- after you get over the eInk refresh issue. But, this is a slippery slope toward moving the Kindle away from being an eReader to something else.

It would be very interesting to be a mouse in the corner of Amazon's Kindle product development meetings now.

Don

05-28-2009, 02:13 PM	#30
dwallbaum Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 77 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Kindle2	Hi cush; I read that some publications are going to be subsidizing the cost of the KDX with a long-term subscription to their publication. A few magazines and newspapers are involved in this. So, a KDX as a leased piece of equipment? Could be. I can see universities basically leasing KDXs to students. Several schools are giving laptops to students now, since a 'puter is a basic learning tool now. I can see some type of convergence that would make sense.. support for a bluetoothed external keyboard? Then you could have a reasonably-functional web browsing tool and text editor -- after you get over the eInk refresh issue. But, this is a slippery slope toward moving the Kindle away from being an eReader to something else. It would be very interesting to be a mouse in the corner of Amazon's Kindle product development meetings now. Don