Amazon.com to Open App Store for Kindle

Posted on January 22, 2010

Amazon.com announced today that it will create an App store for the Kindle which will go live later this year. Amazon.com has asked developers to create programs for the Kindle, in a move designed to go head on with the upcoming Apple tablet launch. For example, Handmark is building an active Zagat guide featuring their ratings, reviews and more for restaurants in cities around the world. PC World reports:

The Kindle Development Kit (KDK) will be available in limited beta form next month and the new software and other content from the initiative is expected to be in the Kindle Store later this year, Amazon said in a statement.
Examples of what kind of content people can expect for their Kindles include travel books with real-time weather updates and current events, cookbooks that recommend menus for people with allergies or different kinds of parties, and the inclusion of word games and puzzles for the Kindle.
The KDK gives software developers access to programming interfaces, sample code, tools and documentation to build content for Kindle's high-resolution electronic paper and to use its 3G capability and other functions.

You can find out more about the upcoming Kindle App Store here.