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Old 10-26-2012, 03:46 PM   #3
ytrewq
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how far away is a kindle-usb-hack?
would it be a matter of days if the right hacker(s) were sufficiently motivated?

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It would be hard to have a successful kickstarter campaign for a "me too" startup trying to compete with all the existing eink ebook readers out there, especially with no exclusive relationship with a book publisher.
there would be ZERO competition, as there are ZERO eWriters for sale
and the intend is to (re)sell an UPGRADED kindle, not to build a new device

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There is a Nook Simple Touch thread at MobileRead that discusses the USB OTG hack, with links to the related forum at xda-developers.
untill someone will be (re)selling it working out of the box, it's not for consumers
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