Yes, I know I should call it “Nook Media,” but until they have separate financial reports and separate investor conference calls, they’re still B&N to me.
Kindleberry Wireless: A Portable Outdoor Hackstation
Recently I got to go down to Australia to attend an awesome conference called CampJS. It isn’t really a conference, actually, but instead a bunch of programmers in the woods for a few days hacking on side projects and learning new things. Getting out of the big city was really refreshing and at the same time made me realize how badly my glossy screened laptop works in the great outdoors.
It got me wondering if there existed a laptop that was designed for hacking in direct sunlight… something that had a ridiculously long battery life and was still readable in high brightness situations. Instead I stumbled upon a more awesome solution: the kindleberry, a combination of the Raspberry Pi and the Amazon Kindle.
Is there anyone at Barnes & Noble to see the opportunity here?
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