• The Amazon Kindle eBook reader was released on November 19, 2007. Hacks for the Kindle's hardware allow users to enhance or add features to the device. Links to Amazon Kindle hacks are posted here and will be updated as more hacks are discovered and released.

  As with almost every other kind of electronic device, hackers began finding ways to enhance or modify functionality of the Kindle just weeks after it hit the market.GadgetLab (Wired): Kindle DRM Hacked to Allow Mobi Files (December 13, 2007)

• Fast Facts

  1. The Kindle was developed by Amazon.com
  2. The first Kindle was released in November 2007
  3. Kindle 2 was released on February 9, 2009
  4. Hacking a Kindle may disrupt its normal functions
  5. Hacker Igor Skochinsky modified the Kindle's DRM so Mobipocket books could be read on the eBook deviceIgor Skochinsky: Mobipocket Books on Kindle (December 12, 2007)
  6. A Kindle owner replaced his device's broken screen with one from a Sony ReaderInstructables: Amazon Kindle e-ink Screen Transplant from a Sony Reader
  7. One hacker figured out a way to view ePub of PDF files on the Kindle without using Amazon's email conversion serviceMassively Parallel Procrastination: Savory (April 3, 2009)
  8. A Kindle can be hacked to change the device's fonts, allowing it to support books in several languages, including Russian and ChineseBlog Kindle: Unicode Fonts for Kindle 2 v0.1 (April 4, 2009)

• Kindle Director on Hacking

  In a November 2007 interview with The Seattle Times, Kindle director Charlie Tritschler addressed the idea of hacking the Kindle, acknowledging that "all devices can be hacked." Tritschler added that eventually, they hoped to allow software developers to write applications for the Kindle, calling it an "important future direction for us."The Seattle Times: Kindle Hacking, iPod Parallels ... (November 19, 2007)

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