Apps & games coming to Kindle

Amazon has taken the wraps off of a new development kit (KDK – “Kindle Development Kit”) for active content on the Kindle. Translation: apps and games are coming to the world’s most popular ebook reader.

A beta is expected to begin for use of the KDK in February, when select software designers will be allowed to try their hand at creating interactive content for the Kindle. Amazon envisions this as an opportunity for developers to deliver something more than reading material. Handmark is already working on an interactive Zagat Guide, for example, and Sonic Boom is creating word games and crossword …read more