Comments on: Amazon’s Kindle Knows Where You Are http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/ Startup and Technology News Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:52:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Easter egg in Kindle di Amazon | Manicalarga: notizie e consigli http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-2058413 Easter egg in Kindle di Amazon | Manicalarga: notizie e consigli Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:44:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-2058413 [...] Per maggiori dettagli vi segnalo il post sul blog di Interface, che ha pubblicizzato la sorpresina. Non vi traduco le shortcuts in italiano, tanto lo farà qualche blogger più famoso spacciandole per proprie. Ne parla anche techcrunch. [...] [...] Per maggiori dettagli vi segnalo il post sul blog di Interface, che ha pubblicizzato la sorpresina. Non vi traduco le shortcuts in italiano, tanto lo farà qualche blogger più famoso spacciandole per proprie. Ne parla anche techcrunch. [...]

]]> By: tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Amazon Kindle: an amazing device with many hidden features http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1898823 tech-talk.biz » Blog Archive » Amazon Kindle: an amazing device with many hidden features Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:07:03 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1898823 [...] TechCrunch reports this finding too: “Amazon’s Kindle knows where you are” [...] [...] TechCrunch reports this finding too: “Amazon’s Kindle knows where you are” [...]

]]> By: kandle http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1889128 kandle Mon, 31 Dec 2007 03:55:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1889128 It doesn't work, folks. DOES. NOT. WORK. Stop spreading rumors about products you don't own. It doesn’t work, folks. DOES. NOT. WORK.

Stop spreading rumors about products you don’t own.

]]> By: Seath http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1888964 Seath Mon, 31 Dec 2007 01:42:45 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1888964 "...having an access to a library directly on your Kindle." This could be a good thing? “…having an access to a library directly on your Kindle.”

This could be a good thing?

]]> By: Michael Puhala http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1886486 Michael Puhala Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:16:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1886486 Bazily - It's true that I did not discover the easter eggs and I stated as such on my blog (interface). I did reference Igor's blog as the original source of the information on my blog post. The image displaying Google Maps on the Kindle with positioning, however is of my Kindle and I did verify that the Kindle has CDMA based positioning as Igor does not live in the U.S. I don't take any credit for finding these easter eggs though. Bazily - It’s true that I did not discover the easter eggs and I stated as such on my blog (interface). I did reference Igor’s blog as the original source of the information on my blog post.

The image displaying Google Maps on the Kindle with positioning, however is of my Kindle and I did verify that the Kindle has CDMA based positioning as Igor does not live in the U.S. I don’t take any credit for finding these easter eggs though.

]]> By: Here's Why http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885875 Here's Why Sat, 29 Dec 2007 19:36:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885875 Here's why he'd do that (use Interface link). The Interface story is on Techmeme. If you're one of their monitored blogs and you link to Interface, you'll be listed as a referring blog under the blurb. Here’s why he’d do that (use Interface link). The Interface story is on Techmeme. If you’re one of their monitored blogs and you link to Interface, you’ll be listed as a referring blog under the blurb.

]]> By: Bazily http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885737 Bazily Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:35:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885737 Nice plagarism Techcrunch. Why don't you RTFA and realize that it was not "Discovered by Interface" but instead a guy named Igor Skochinsky who has his own blog. I'll print it here because you didn't bother to do so: http://igorsk.blogspot.com/2007/12/hacking-kindle-part-3-root-shell-and.html Even better, if you put 2 minutes of effort into it instead of just monitoring Engadget, you probably could have contacted Igor and got a much richer story. I agree, your method is much better. Blogtards. Nice plagarism Techcrunch.

Why don’t you RTFA and realize that it was not “Discovered by Interface” but instead a guy named Igor Skochinsky who has his own blog.

I’ll print it here because you didn’t bother to do so: http://igorsk.blogspot.com/200.....l-and.html

Even better, if you put 2 minutes of effort into it instead of just monitoring Engadget, you probably could have contacted Igor and got a much richer story.

I agree, your method is much better. Blogtards.

]]> By: Alice http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885452 Alice Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:38:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885452 I wrote about this on my Kindle blog, I dont think Amazon are tracking where you are, more likely it was a planned feature that got scrapped. Some lazy programmer probably forgot to remove the code. I wrote about this on my Kindle blog, I dont think Amazon are tracking where you are, more likely it was a planned feature that got scrapped. Some lazy programmer probably forgot to remove the code.

]]> By: Hadrien http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885152 Hadrien Sat, 29 Dec 2007 14:37:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1885152 Nice to see hidden features like Google Maps on the Kindle... The EVDO connection is more useful than simply shopping on Amazon. It may not be the best device to browse the web, but thanks to the EVDO, it's very easy to get content on the Kindle. I've been experimenting public domain and creative commons downloads directly on the device using a file as a download guide and it works perfectly. It's pretty much like having an access to a library directly on your Kindle: http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle Next step will be getting RSS feeds on the device the same way... Nice to see hidden features like Google Maps on the Kindle…

The EVDO connection is more useful than simply shopping on Amazon. It may not be the best device to browse the web, but thanks to the EVDO, it’s very easy to get content on the Kindle.

I’ve been experimenting public domain and creative commons downloads directly on the device using a file as a download guide and it works perfectly. It’s pretty much like having an access to a library directly on your Kindle: http://www.feedbooks.com/help/kindle

Next step will be getting RSS feeds on the device the same way…

]]> By: q http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884875 q Sat, 29 Dec 2007 12:49:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884875 Well said, Elder (#7). So many people put the Kindle down without realizing who its true target audience is. Well, the next Amazon earnings announcement (end Jan 2008) will tell us the real story. Well said, Elder (#7). So many people put the Kindle down without realizing who its true target audience is. Well, the next Amazon earnings announcement (end Jan 2008) will tell us the real story.

]]> By: Elder http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884080 Elder Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:19:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884080 #6 You know, you guys just don't get it. The world, the famous "market" you love to talk so much about, does not consist of people who would have a clue how to " grab a funky Linux Tablet PC" or woud even have a clue what "a funky Linux Tablet PC" is. But many of those same people do need "devices that enables [them] to read e-books"Astounding thought, isn't it?, for example because these books have fonts that can be enlarged. In other words, the world does not consist of people exactly like you and your friends. Strange but true, #6 You know, you guys just don’t get it. The world, the famous “market” you love to talk so much about, does not consist of people who would have a clue how to ” grab a funky Linux Tablet PC” or woud even have a clue what “a funky Linux Tablet PC” is. But many of those same people do need “devices that enables [them] to read e-books”Astounding thought, isn’t it?, for example because these books have fonts that can be enlarged. In other words, the world does not consist of people exactly like you and your friends. Strange but true,

]]> By: Parul Bindra http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884023 Parul Bindra Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:35:13 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884023 Think of this as a $400 devices that enables you to read e-books... ouch! With the trend for device convergence finally gathering momentum are consumers ready to adopt a $400 book reader? I'd argue that instead why not simply grab a funky Linux Tablet PC that will do the same job and much, much more. Parul www.bhopu.com Think of this as a $400 devices that enables you to read e-books… ouch! With the trend for device convergence finally gathering momentum are consumers ready to adopt a $400 book reader? I’d argue that instead why not simply grab a funky Linux Tablet PC that will do the same job and much, much more.

Parul
http://www.bhopu.com

]]> By: Not GPS http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884001 Not GPS Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:18:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1884001 I have doubts about the accuracy of CDMA over actual GPS. My blackjack II puts my approximate location on the map without the GPS turned on, but its usually a few streets away from where I actually am. This won't help with turn by turn directions. Admittedly this is GSM but I can't imagine it makes a difference. It's still triangulating my position based on cell towers. I have doubts about the accuracy of CDMA over actual GPS.

My blackjack II puts my approximate location on the map without the GPS turned on, but its usually a few streets away from where I actually am. This won’t help with turn by turn directions.

Admittedly this is GSM but I can’t imagine it makes a difference. It’s still triangulating my position based on cell towers.

]]> By: kandle http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883891 kandle Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:51:39 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883891 This report has already been thoroughly debunked. Igor (reverse engineering blog) is outside the U.S., and Sprint WhisperNet is not providing the data to resolve a location on any of the Kindle's that owners around the country have tried this "feature" on. This report has already been thoroughly debunked. Igor (reverse engineering blog) is outside the U.S., and Sprint WhisperNet is not providing the data to resolve a location on any of the Kindle’s that owners around the country have tried this “feature” on.

]]> By: PookieBadMuffin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883648 PookieBadMuffin Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:49:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883648 It could be so much worse: http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/19/whip-out-the-tinfoil-hats-the-iphone-phones-home/ It could be so much worse:

http://www.techcrunch.com/2007.....ones-home/

]]> By: NickeyD http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883621 NickeyD Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:36:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883621 Amazon's Kindle Plan = 1984 + Fahrenheit 451 Amazon’s Kindle Plan = 1984 + Fahrenheit 451

]]> By: Google²+eBay²=Uniseek http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883344 Google²+eBay²=Uniseek Sat, 29 Dec 2007 00:56:00 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/28/amazons-kindle-knows-where-you-are/#comment-1883344 Sounds to me like an invasion of privacy. Are they keeping the door open to make this available to 3rd parties in the future? Sounds to me like an invasion of privacy. Are they keeping the door open to make this available to 3rd parties in the future?

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