La notizia è di quelle da far sobbalzare nella sedia, Amazon ha annunciato di voler aprire un Application Store per Kindle.

In semplicissime parole Amazon, presumibilmente per la fine dell’anno, aprirà questo Store accedibile sicuramente tramite il Wireless del dispositivo dal quale acquistare ed installare applicazioni per il proprio Kindle, quali ad esempio giochi o nuove features relative alla lettura o semplici utility.

Il parallelismo con Apple ora si fa più marcato, infatti se Kindle era definito l’iPod dei libri ora con questo emulo dell’Apple Store sembra proprio che Amazon voglia solcare la stessa rotta seguita da Steve Jobs qualche anno fa, memore del fatto che a breve la casa della mela morsicata metterà sul mercato un prodotto molto concorrenziale quale iTablet.

Per chi voglia avere maggiori informazioni riguardo il Kindle Development Kit consiglio di visitare questa pagina: www.amazon.com/kdk/

In ultimo vi riporto di seguito il comunicato ufficiale uscito nella notte in Usa:

SEATTLE, Jan 21, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — (NASDAQ: AMZN)–For the past two years, Amazon has welcomed authors and publishers to directly upload and sell content in the Kindle Store through the self-service Kindle publishing platform. Today, Amazon announced that it is inviting software developers to build and upload active content that will be available in the Kindle Store later this year. The new Kindle Development Kit gives developers access to programming interfaces, tools and documentation to build active content for Kindle–the #1 bestselling, most wished for, and most gifted product across all categories on Amazon. Developers can learn more about the Kindle Development Kit today at http://www.amazon.com/kdk/ and sign up to be notified when the limited beta starts next month.

“We’ve heard from lots of developers over the past two years who are excited to build on top of Kindle,” said Ian Freed, Vice President, Amazon Kindle. “The Kindle Development Kit opens many possibilities–we look forward to being surprised by what developers invent.”

The Kindle Development Kit enables developers to build active content that leverages Kindle’s unique combination of seamless and invisible 3G wireless delivery over Amazon Whispernet, high-resolution electronic paper display that looks and reads like real paper, and long battery life of seven days with wireless activated. For example, Handmark is building an active Zagat guide featuring their trusted ratings, reviews and more for restaurants in cities around the world, and Sonic Boom is building word games and puzzles.

“As the leading worldwide publisher of mobile games, EA Mobile has had the privilege of collaborating with many dynamic and innovative companies in bringing exciting gaming experiences to new platforms,” says Adam Sussman, Vice President of Worldwide Publishing, EA Mobile. “Working with Amazon, we look forward to bringing some of the world’s most popular and fun games to Kindle and their users.”

Starting next month, participants in the limited beta will be able to download the Kindle Development Kit, access developer support, test content on Kindle, and submit finished content. Those wait-listed will be invited to participate as space becomes available. The Kindle Development Kit includes sample code, documentation, and the Kindle Simulator, which helps developers build and test their content by simulating the 6-inch Kindle and 9.7-inch Kindle DX on Mac, PC, and Linux desktops.

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