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The biggest let-down is the “use less than 100KB/user/month" part, because Kindle doesn’t have WiFi – at least not yet.  Two applications I would most imagine myself using on a Kindle are read it later (or instapaper) and EverNote (or something that can import my OneNote notes), but 100 KB/user/month wouldn’t be enough.  Hopefully the next version of the Kindle will have WiFi, and allow applications that use unlimited data over WiFi.

Since it’s short, I’ll just quote the entire thing from:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?ie=UTF8&docId=1000476231

KDK Limited Beta Coming Next Month

Submit your e-mail address to get notified when the limited beta starts next month. Participants in the limited beta will be able to download the Kindle Development Kit, access developer support, test content on Kindle, and submit finished content. Those wait-listed will be invited to participate at a later date as space becomes available. The Kindle Development Kit includes sample code, documentation, and the Kindle Simulator, which helps developers build and test their content by simulating the 6-inch Kindle and 9.7-inch Kindle DX on Mac, PC, and Linux desktops. We are excited to see what you invent for Kindle.

Revenue Share

User revenue will be split 70% to the developer and 30% to Amazon net of delivery fees of $0.15 / MB. Remember that unlike smart phones, the Kindle user does not pay a monthly wireless fee or enter into an annual wireless contract. Kindle active content must be priced to cover the costs of downloads and on-going usage.

Pricing Options

Active content will be available to customers in the Kindle Store later this year. Your active content can be priced three ways:

• Free – Active content applications that are smaller than 1MB and use less than 100KB/user/month of wireless data may be offered at no charge to customers. Amazon will pay the wireless costs associated with delivery and maintenance.
• One-time Purchase – Customers will be charged once when purchasing active content. Content must have nominal (less than 100KB/user/month) ongoing wireless usage.
• Monthly Subscription – Customers will be charged once per month for active content.

Active content applications have an upper size limit of 100MB. Applications larger than 10MB will not be delivered wirelessly but can be downloaded from the Kindle Store to a computer and transferred to the user’s Kindle via USB.

Developer Guidelines

Voice over IP functionality, advertising, offensive materials, collection of customer information without express customer knowledge and consent, or usage of the Amazon or Kindle brand in any way are not allowed. In addition, active content must meet all Amazon technical requirements, not be a generic reader, and not contain malicious code.

We will work to refine the above guidelines throughout the beta.

Pem (Admin) :: 2010/01/21 (Thursday, January 21, 2010) :: Mobile Devices/Services, Notes and Organizing, Software Development :: No Comments »

If you read my previous post, you probably noticed that part of why I like Windows Mobile, is good for notes with mobile EverNote and mobile OneNote.

Well the latest news is, EverNote for BlackBerry: http://www.evernote.com/about/download/blackberry/

So EverNote is now accessed via (2009/06/03): Mac, Windows, Web, Web Clip, Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry

For Verizon (today), the only smart phone choices are BlackBerry or Windows Mobile.  (Sprint has Palm Pre, AT&T has iPhone, T-Mobile has Android, Symbian is not US).  So, because of this, I may actually consider a BlackBerry as a potential choice for my next phone. 

PS: still planning to carry an iPod touch too

Pem (Admin) :: 2009/06/03 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009) :: Mobile Devices/Services, Notes and Organizing :: No Comments »

I am a huge fan of notes.  In semi-recent times, I’ve especially become addicted to: Microsoft Office OneNote and EverNote.

OneNote 2007 is still more powerful, and the way they organize/display the UI with Notebook –> Section –> Page, is a big deal to me.  But EverNote has a big ubiquity/cloud presence (web access, mobile access, integrated online storage/presence).

I’m also still using Windows Mobile (and still waiting for some more upgrades from the iPod touch, such as a 64 GB model), largely because it has an EverNote application for easy-fast-quick-convenient online notes read-or-write.  But EverNote on Windows Mobile doesn’t let me get access/edit the notes offline, such as going into a store or airplane.  So I copy/paste them to OneNote Mobile.

I used to print lists (such as a grocery list).  But now I do a multi-step process:

1) maintain my list in OneNote for Windows (power)

2) copy/paste this into EverNote for Windows (online presence)

3) view the list auto-sync’ed to EverNote Windows Mobile (auto-sync)

4) copy/paste from EverNote Windows Mobile to OneNote Windows Mobile (offline access)

Here’s an example:

After actually doing it just now, I noticed that I OneNote copy/paste to notepad.exe then copy/paste to EverNote, because otherwise the formatting is weird, in between steps 1 and 2.  This may be a temporary hack.  In fact, I’m hoping that long-term that:

A) the EverNote Windows Mobile application will add offline access

B) OneNote Mobile will become more integrated/online with Windows Live/Mesh and OneNote desktop

C) EverNote desktop application’s UI will become more organized/powerful with a 3-layer tabs system that takes up small screen real-estate, like OneNote

…  Or preferably, all of the above and more

PS: when I get an iPod touch, it will have EverNote access too

PS: For the record, I do also still keep a folded piece of paper and Fisher Bullet Pen (writes upside down etc) in my wallet.  Though mainly as a backup, or to write something for someone else.  Similar thing with printing notes.

Pem (Admin) :: 2009/06/03 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009) :: Mobile Devices/Services, Notes and Organizing :: No Comments »