On 11/10/10 06:18, keithjamieson@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
A mate has just got a Kindle and it seems very good for a reader. Also you have internet access all the time too. A cheap way to surf ? Maybe it can be hacked to provide a WiFi hotpsot too? The screen can be seen from about 89 degrees from the side. The electronic paper seems very good and lives up to its name.
Please don't try and do that, some of us are liking the fact that it can be used for free emergency internet access with the built in (but somewhat limited) browser. Things like that going on and Amazon will start putting some payment mechanism in place for it.*
But yes seconded, the Kindle is an awesome bit of kit. So much so I have forgiven Amazon for some of their previous silliness (including some around the Kindle initially).
* That said, if you turn debug mode on you can exec stuff from the search box including the copy of netcat you uploaded via USB so it wouldn't be impossible to make it do that *cough*