Steven Windwalker, du blog A Kindle Homepage, nous livre ses idées sur les prochaines versions du Kindle. Selon lui, voici ce que sera la saison 2009-2012 d’Amazon.

2009 Kindle-Compatible TouchTablet

* Although bloggers have been buzzing for months about a large-form Kindle (first in 2008, and then, when that didn’t happen, in 2009), most of this buzz has been self-feeding, and I admit that I’ll be happily surprised, but still surprised, if there is a large-form e-Ink Kindle display in 2009. Maybe he needed to be more reticent about events closer to launch date, but Wilcox didn’t even mention 2009. He was very specific in mentioning 2010 and 2011.
* Much more likely: a large-form, backlit, energy-intensive, high-end Kindle-compatible iPod TouchTablet with a price point in the $599-$699 range.

2010 Kindle

* All the features of the Kindle 2, plus
* Touch Screen with display-based keyboard, character recognition, and handwriting stylus for annotation and other writing-intensive activities including email, notes, and scribbling
* Faster refresh
* Flexible large-form e-ink display for effective rendering of textbooks and newspapers

2011 Kindle

* All of the above
* Plus a full-color display for effective rendering of magazines, cookbooks, comic books and graphic novels

2012(?) “Kindle Ideal” Mobile Internet Device

* All of the above
* Plus a full-screen, full-featured, full-color, fast-refresh, fast-loading browser
* Flexible so you can fold it up and carry it with no more weight or footprint than the Kindle 2
* Low electricity usage so that it can go for days between battery charges
* And, dare we dream that its wireless web connection would still be free?

Bien entendu, ce ne sont que des spéculations mais il est fort possible que Amazon se dirige au fur et à mesure vers un reader orienté tablette Internet, lorsque la technologie du papier électronique sera aboutie et pourra afficher de la vidéo et des interfaces plus réactives. Nul doute qu’à ce moment, Apple sera aussi sur ce juteux marché.

Source : Teleread