[vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
- From: Kb7uengene <kb7uengene@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 12:47:29 -0500
Yeah I have to agree with you on the sound quality of the Kindle keyboard over
the iPhone or the iPod touch.
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On May 20, 2013, at 12:33 PM, "Sherry Gomes" <sherriola@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I don't know. There's always going to be people who want a device. I think
> the sound quality on my kindle keyboard is better than the quality on my
> iPhone, and many people still don't own iPhones or other devices like that.
> My best friend for instance only uses a cell phone for calls. He's a
> software developer and has absolutely no interest in an iPhone. But he loves
> his kindle keyboard, along with his Victor stream and other devices for
> books.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of kb7uengene
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 11:11 AM
> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
>
> If you look at Kindle for PC, you'll notice that it has feature for feature
> pretty much exactly what is available on the Kindle keyboard for a sighted
> person. I'm not surprised at all that they may have discontinued it. In
> fact, I was surprised they kept it as long as they have. There's no reason
> why they can't get the same functionality of the Kindle keyboard into all
> the Kindle apps. I noticed in the announcement that the NFB posted a while
> back after the Kindle for iOS app was released, that they also wanted Amazon
> to continue to develop the hardware along with the apps for the blind
> community. But in my opinion, that's completely unrealistic of them to
> expect Amazon to continue to develop hardware for us when they can simply do
> it with software. And now that Amazon's instant video and music apps are
> out for iOS, there's no longer any reason to buy any of Amazon's hardware.
> I want to see Amazon add accessibility support to Kindle for Android and
> Kindle for Mac. And continue to develop all these different apps with more
> accessibility support to keep them in line with the Amazon hardware they
> produce and sell to sighted people. We stand a better chance of getting
> more functionality in the Kindle apps than we do with Kindle hardware. And
> Amazon is more likely to do it more quickly if we tell them that the apps
> are where we want them to put their energy. Hardware comes and goes, but
> apps are more fluid and tend to stick around for a very long time. Anyway
> that's just my opinion, for whatever it's worth. - Gene
>
> On May 20, 2013, at 11:12 AM, "Susan Lumpkin" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Sorry, I meant to send this to Larry. I'm glad we've gotten our Kindle
> keyboard unit.
>
> Susan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:vi-kindle-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of David Goldfield
> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 10:51 AM
> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [vi-kindle] Re: Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
>
> As do I. I've sent my views to Amazon via their
> kindle-feedback@xxxxxxxxxx
> address and I encourage all of you to do the same. Until we have
> equally accessible replacements, this is quite a loss, especially for
> those not on the IOS platform.
>
> On 5/20/2013 11:40 AM, Russ Kiehne wrote:
>> Well, I'll continue to use my Kindle Keyboard untill it stopps working.
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David Goldfield
>> Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:03 AM
>> To: vi-kindle@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [vi-kindle] Kindle Keyboard May Be Discontinued
>>
>> Amazon has not officially confirmed this, but the Digital Reader reports
>> that our beloved KK has likely been pulled from Amazon's stock; see
> http://www.the-digital-reader.com/2013/05/17/did-amazon-kill-off-the-kindle-
> keyboard/#more-51470
>>
>>
>> I went to Amazon's site and see that the KK is only available via
>> third-party sellers, the cheapest one currently going for around $99.
>> Am I surprised? Not really. I am assuming that the main reason for why
>> Amazon kept the KK around was due to its accessibility. However, we now
>> have a fairly accessible IOS app and, supposedly, the larger Fires have
>> some accessibility, which Amazon claims will make its way into the
>> smaller models. We'll see.
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