The two technology buzzword which are catching my attention are - Android - Google's mobile computing platform, API or much media hyped - "G-Phone" concoction and Kindle - the e-book tool from Amazon.com.
On Android...
What excites and has been much written about and spoken about Android is that it is truly a mobile platform from ground up.
Think about it, mobile tools or even platforms bring what you can do on your desktop/laptop PC to a device which fits in your hand. Android a fresh approach, it is offering access to specific mobile device capabilites like - SMS messaging, placing a call etc. and challanging the developers to build applications on them.
Of course, the motivation from Google is worth a cool USD 10 million, of course to be shared with multiple application developers who qualify for their challange of bringing the most compelling applications built using Android. Boy... I am definetly going to try out for that one... Now if only an idea of a killer application would just KINDLE.... :)
Yep, KINDLE it is... that's the name of Amazon's new e-book device. Priced at a USD 399.00, it is an expensive Christmas gift to ask my wife for, but it will be true geeky gift.
After 3 years of research and development (R&D), here is a device which seamless integrated book reading and Internet wireless connectivity. Hold the library of books in palm of your hand but of course make sure it is charged up. Order the books right from KINDLE. And it features - e-Paper... the truly revolutionary concept where the ink on the paper is re-arranged in the blink of an eye.
What you save on is the cost of the books. While a hard cover version of a New York Time best seller costs - anywhere from $30 - $40. The same version is e-book is typically available for $10 or less.
