Amazon's E-book, The Kindle, hasn't reached the magnitude the company hoped for by the holiday season. The device used to read thousands of books is limited in it capabilities. Many have expressed that Amazon should allow third-party developers to contribute to the device and see what more it could do.
We spoke in class about open sourcing and letting "many" form ideas that the "few" are unable to. Opening a device that has a single purpose would allow for developement of the product to be more user-friendly with many more purposes and in turn attribute to it's success as a mobile device. The device has potential a lot to offer business people and consumers.
The kindle already has many competitors such as an iPhone which with the apps is open to 3rd party developers. It would only benefit the company to follow lead. As for now, Amazon is not showing any interest in the idea.
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/will-amazon-open-the-kindle-to-developers/
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