Sunday, January 13, 2008

Something to really tick off all those paranoid 'privacy advocates'

The Kindle should have two more things that are extremely easy to add to the hardware:

1. An alarm clock
2. An RFID chip turned on and off by a button similar to the existing two buttons.

With an RFID chip in it the Kindle could have a huge range of abilities by connecting nearby RFID reading beacons with marketing channels on the Internet. So if you use the Kindle when buying things (which I definitely do, since I can do quick internet research on it), the RFID chip would allow the marketing guys to offer you coupons, special offers, etc. as you move around the store.

I keep the Kindle within three feet of me practically 24/7, so why not add functions like this?

And for the privacy police who hate and fear RFID chips...Duck! I think I just saw a low-flying black helicopter!

Oh, wait, you can't see them. It must have been my imagination diluting my sense of reality.

The Kindlemonk

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