Comments on: If Kindle had an SDK, What would you do with it?

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:21:27 +0000

id like to add a TTS function with more human like voices to let customer listen to the ebooks.

By: enginpost

enginpost — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:15:07 +0000

if I had an SDK I would enhance the search capabilities, for example…

1.) Search the content of all of the books in your library.
2.) Search your notes in a book or across all books.
3.) Grammatical searches that look for a series of words using patterns and wildcards.

I would also love to see someone convert a version of the logos library management system tools for searching and cross-indexing digital books.

By: HonestAbe

HonestAbe — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 18:17:24 +0000

Id like to see a nice calender setup that allows you to set notices/alarms/meetings and whatnot that would pop up and let me know i’m dangerously late to a phone conference while i’m reading my new thriller.

By: DV

DV — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:16:25 +0000

There are many needs on the legal industry. Allowing document viewing, pinpoint hyperlinking and annotations would give lawyers instant access and reduce tons of paper waste…

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:41:38 +0000

I would like to see something for crossword puzzles and/or Soduku. Having a newspaper on the Kindle is great, but I miss the puzzles.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:24:31 +0000

Write a proper reference manager such that I can properly keep track of books and articles I find online via google scholar or wikipedia. Something where it stores title, author, date, isbn, etc. and has supports for notes, bookmarks and folder organization. Seriously, I’ve seen the kindle in action and this is the only thing holding me back from getting one. If the kindle programmers don’t want to develop a decent software ui, I would, but only in a manner that wouldn’t brick my device.

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 06 May 2009 10:17:36 +0000

I would be very interested in mapping applications, in particular for use as a GPS device. I don’t think the Kindle has bluetooth capability, but if it does there are low cost bluetooth GPS receiver units that could turn the Kindle into a *readable* GPS display. Otherwise we would have to wait for a version either with Bluetooth or a built in GPS receiver.

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 18:35:55 +0000

Evernote on the Kindle would be unbelievable.

By: Lance Laytner

Lance Laytner — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:22:58 +0000

Evernote with two-way sync on the Kindle would turn it into a must have for researchers, journalists, or writers. I am a journalist and have found that Evernote has revolutionized my work flow. I can honestly say that I am able to produce articles in a fraction of the time because Evernote makes collecting research painless and accessing that information superbly easy. The only draw back is that it is more time in front of a computer squinting at an LCD. Evernote on the Kindle would be a killer app for both Kindle and Evernote. For Kindle readers, we would have access to all the information we clipped from the internet without having to wait for the painfully slow Kindle browser; and as an Evernote user, I could save my eyes by reading on a device that is much closer to paper. I could even read my research out in the park in full sunlight!

By: P. Rad

P. Rad — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:56:53 +0000

You are absolutely right, but I doubt you can make Kindle show colors other than black and white with a software upgrade. But you are absolutely right. You don’t have to wait 3 years to be able to get some of the new features. And who wants to pay another $400 for a new ebook reader anyway?