Amazon Kindle To Get Apps and EA Games

Lanxon writes "Amazon currently encourages publishers and authors to sell their books and magazines digitally, but the upcoming Kindle Development Kit (KDK), which goes into beta next month, says Wired, will allow software developers to create a variety of different applications. Amazon has already confirmed a Zagat guide for restaurant reviews from Hallmark and a selection of word games and puzzles, such as Sudoku, from Sonic Boom. EA Mobile is also set to release games on the Kindle."The kit itself is expected to be available next month.

Convergence

[djdavetrouble]

Can we get on with it already? I have a drawer full of devices.....

games?

[rhainman]

With the refresh rate of the Kindle, and FPS will involve you shooting at the place where the bad guy was 5 seconds before.

EA games on the Kindle?

[alen]

Madden 2011 in black and white? is it 3d accelerated like on the iphone?

Ob Colossal Cave

[djdavetrouble]

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

Re:games?

[aicrules]

Kindle's version will be a turn-based FPS.

Re:Convergence

[FatdogHaiku]

Wait, it gets better! Next iteration of Kindle will have extra circuitry, a microphone and speaker so you can... MAKE PHONE CALLS!!!

Oh to be alive in such an age of wonders..