Amazon Kindle first based on RIM design
Amazon first based the design of the Kindle on the BlackBerry, an early designer divulged Friday. The angular design and scroll wheel were reported by the NY Times as inspired by CEO Jeff Bezos' own BlackBerry at the time, likely an 8700. While popular, these were often the more criticized parts of the e-readers.
The design gradually changed over time to more and more reflect an Apple-influenced design. Both the second- and third-generation models were conspicuously influenced by the iPod, with a much more rounded, thinner design and an aluminum back.
Both of the newest e-paper Kindles look somewhat less like their Apple counterparts, but the Kindle Fire has already drawn similarities to the iPad. The interface only has small traces of similarity, but the basic concept of an LCD-equipped tablet e-reader may not have existed if not for the iPad first spurring Barnes & Noble to create the Nook Color and prove a market existed for small, cheap tablet readers.
The Kindle Fire is known to be based on the PlayBook but has been heavily modified to drop the price and use Amazon's custom implementation of Android. RIM's design originally surfaced as a reaction to the iPad.
By Electronista Staff
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