The Amazon Kindle Thread - Page 15

dilli-theclaw · 02-10-2010, 20:18

...and if you ever pass this way again you are more than welcome to pop in and have a play with my kindle

Raistlin · 02-10-2010, 20:21

Oooer!

dilli-theclaw · 02-10-2010, 20:26

ONLY my kindle mind lol

dilli-theclaw · 06-10-2010, 21:51

I am going to big up my kindle. As some know my internet has been really bad the last few weeks and not working at all over the last couple of days - the kindle has kept me on CF, NTHW and Facebook so I am impressed.

Raistlin · 06-10-2010, 21:56

I really want a Kindle

08-10-2010, 20:43

There is a preview version of the next software update for Kindle 3 available

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...529700#preview

- usual caveats about pre-release software apply, but I have loaded it without any problems, so far....

The web browser seems faster is the main effect I've noticed, ..

colin25 · 08-10-2010, 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazfan

There is a preview version of the next software update for Kindle 3 available

http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...529700#preview

- usual caveats about pre-release software apply, but I have loaded it without any problems, so far....

The web browser seems faster is the main effect I've noticed, ..

I thought the page turning was a bit better too.

Juo · 08-10-2010, 22:23

I got my kindle early yesterday morning (3G one), the e-ink is absolutely amazing I've read two books so far and am absolutely in love with this thing, its amazing!

My three complaints

1) PDF looks a bit crunchy but their easy enough to convert, however my programming manuals dont look great, lucky I got most from http://pragprog.com/ and a number of them are downloadable in the native Kindle format.
2) I hate the screen savers their crazy random
3) Its annoying that subscribing to a blog cost Â£2 / Month, also where is The Guardian and Engadget? Ive had to actually settle for The Evening Standard and Gizmodo

Anyway im going back to Carl Sagan's - Cosmos so many books to read on this puppy.

dilli-theclaw · 08-10-2010, 22:23

Trying it now.....

08-10-2010, 22:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Juo

I got my kindle early yesterday morning (3G one), the e-ink is absolutely amazing I've read two books so far and am absolutely in love with this thing, its amazing!

3) where is The Guardian and Engadget? Ive had to actually settle for The Evening Standard and Gizmodo

you could try getting the RSS versions of the Guardian & Endgadget via Calibre

http://calibre-ebook.com/

- all for free

colin25 · 09-10-2010, 06:46

Thanks, very useful...

colin25 · 09-10-2010, 11:02

If you own an Amazon Kindle e-reader hardware, you may want to grab the Kindle 3.0.2 beta firmware, which is now available for download from Amazon. The firmware brings a Web browser along with some bug fixes that were found since the last 3.0.1 update, including slower page turns while outdoors. Several owners who have updated their firmware have reported that page turns are faster outdoors with the new 3.0.2 software compared with the slowdown encountered since the 3.0.1 update

http://www.techweet.com/story/kindle...e-for-download

09-10-2010, 13:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by colin25

If you own an Amazon Kindle e-reader hardware, you may want to grab the Kindle 3.0.2 beta firmware, which is now available for download from Amazon. The firmware brings a Web browser along with some bug fixes that were found since the last 3.0.1 update, including slower page turns while outdoors. Several owners who have updated their firmware have reported that page turns are faster outdoors with the new 3.0.2 software compared with the slowdown encountered since the 3.0.1 update

http://www.techweet.com/story/kindle...e-for-download

lol - I've looked all over my Kindle, but can't find the 'outdoors' sensor - maybe it is only on American models, as their 'outdoors' is bigger than ours

colin25 · 09-10-2010, 13:36

I will test that, when on holiday

but found this....

With what little I know about the physics of the eInk display, I'd be surprised if it weren't normal for it to slow down a bit when hot. It is, after all a mechanical process and the expansion of those little spheres might very well give rise to fiction effects. Maximum ambient operating temp is only 95F (I say "only" because I'm in Texas and it gets much hotter than that in the summer).

The new display on the K3 may very well be more sensitive to this.

dilli-theclaw · 09-10-2010, 19:44

For those who like sudoku - check out this freebie from the kindle store.

I attached a couple of scheen shots (alt+shift+g

).