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Originally Posted by danramos View Post
That's what you get when the company laid out all the specs for you and lets you access the hardware with excellent documentation to let you write your own drivers.
Very, very cool.

I wonder why more companies don't open hardware spec/drivers/etc up! The 'geek' demographic will have a field day with the tech, create new innovative ideas, and hey, they're not going to buy the latest device anyway. I doubt it would hurt business in the slightest. Just look at the nook colour -- altough I don't have hard numbers, I'm betting that many bought the device just to hack it. Had it been hacker friendly from B&N, they might have sold a few ebooks as well!
 

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