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What makes the kindle is the kindle (hardware), I can get any ebook I want from the internet but I can't read a book in a smartphone.

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  1. transitive verb To build or fuel (a fire).
  2. transitive verb To set fire to; ignite.
  3. transitive verb To cause to glow; light up: The sunset kindled the skies.
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  • What makes the kindle is the kindle (hardware), I can get any ebook I want from the internet but I can't read a book in a smartphone. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
  • The author and those who have commented have forgotten a relatively large group of people for whom the kindle is a godsend: those whose hands are disabled and those whose eyes no longer allow them to read regular or even large print publications. —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • As mentioned above, users who already own a kindle will be able to download and install the firmware update via Whispernet, while all new Kindle devices sold from now on will automatically provide this enhanced level of functionality. —  Softpedia - Windows - All
  • I like that the kindle is a freaking blade. —  Engadget
  • Only reason I got a kindle was the e-ink display. —  Slashdot: Hardware
 

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  1. Middle English kindelen (influenced by kindelen, to give birth to, cause), probably from Old Norse kynda.
  2. Middle English kindelen, to give birth to, from kindel, offspring, from Old English gecynd; see kind2.

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  1. from Middle English kindlen, kyndlen, kendlen, kundlen, bring forth, from kinde, kind: see kind.
  2. Middle English kindle, kindel: see kindle, v.
  3. from Middle English kindlen, kyndlen, kinlen, set on fire; prob. from Icelandic kyndill, a candle, torch, from Latin candela, a candle: see candle.
 

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