Comments on: Amazon Awarded Patent For Original Kindle [Updated]

By: Bill Weinman

Bill Weinman — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 23:04:24 +0000

The original Kindle had a second display — it was a reflective LCD that was used for navigation. (I had one.)

By: Ben Lee

Ben Lee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 03:12:26 +0000

Interesting.. Very surprising news to us all.

I wonder what Amazon intends to do with this newfound power. It seems very much like the Nook falls under the scope of this patent. In fact, while reading the patent text, I was imagining that if someone was trying to describe the Nook to me in the most technical manner possible, this is what it would sound like.

By: Dan neely

Dan neely — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:40:45 +0000

Something isn’t meshing here. The Kindle is a single display device, and the diagram shown appears to be a prototype of that device. However the text from the patent being quoted describes a device similar to the Nook, or MS’s Courier Tablet; not any kindle yet released to the public.

By: Anand Srinivasan

Anand Srinivasan — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:23:16 +0000

You are right..Sorry, have made the change

By: Porko

Porko — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:16:31 +0000

Are you crazy? This is the original kindle.