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Kindle to Get a New Browser? no comments
The Web browsing experience on the few e-ink based ereaders that have that ability is generally slow and clunky. It works if you do not have a more capable device on hand, but there is definitely much room for improvement.
Fast Company has noticed a job opening at Lab126, which is Amazon’s Kindle design department, for an engineer to be part of a team charged with being “responsible to provide an innovative Embedded Web Browser” and to “design and implement new features on the Browser.” Said engineer must have a "familiarity with current Web standards" and “a proven ability to deliver high quality work on tight schedules.”
Obviously Amazon is being pressured by the myriad new devices coming to market soon, and by the iPad in particular. New ereaders such as Spring Design’s Alex will also provide a much better Web browsing experience than the Kindle currently does.
Internet browsing on the Kindle ereader is free. If Amazon were to make the browsing experience on the next Kindle comparable to that of a tablet or other MID would users have to start paying for the connection? A better browser would mean more use and therefore more bandwidth used.
