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Amazon Kindle |OT| of eInk superiority
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bearythebear
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Dammit, the only one available in Canada is the ad free one for $110.00. Still worth it in Canada?
Ooops. Ok, help anyone? I haven't used my kindle (I believe it's the second gen, white one) in a while, and when I turned it on today, there's all sorts of "scratches" on the screen, which doesn't allow me to read anything. It's like, only a small part at the bottom is readable, the rest of the screen has all sorts of "scratches" (not physical ones). I tried holding that power button for a while and shutting off then on again, but it is still the same...
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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Hold Alt and press G on the keyboard. This does a full screen refresh.seabee said:
I would take a look at the kobo touch. I just got one. But it's not just about the touchscreen. The kobo library has a few more books that I wanted that amazon didn't have up here. Stuff from Carl Sagan and Isaac Asimov. Prices for other books match up.bearythebear said:
I'll say this. The pearl e ink screen shared by these newer devices is noticeably better than the 2nd gen kindle. way more contrast.
After shipping and duty costs/brokerage fees, it's run to about $150. I think they're selling them now in staples but only in store if you want to demo them before you buy. Gonna check them out this weekend but I wanna know if later down the line, theyll offer the ad free version to Canada.bearythebear said:
Aquavelvaman
Banned
Kitchen Confidential is $1.99 as the kindle daily deal today. It's a good book, I recommend it.
smokeandmirrors
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I wish the kindle touch was shipping sooner than november 21st =[
I want mine now. Gah.
I want mine now. Gah.
GarthVaderUK
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I've also just ordered my first Kindle! Getting the newly released Discworld novel "Snuff" for it - can't wait!
HeadlessRoland
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Peru said:
Embrace the goodness, the default screen-saver images look as if they are hand drawn. As a guy who used to always have a paperback somewhere concealed on his person or bag for some unplanned time to kill the kindle is a dream. Batteries will last something like 2-3 weeks with wifi turned off. I charge mine so rarely I am not certain how long it lasts, it has yet to cut out on me tho.
About to order one of those Oberon leather covers. Going for the one with Yggdrasil in wine color, its so sexy.
345triangle
Member
thought "why not" and ordered my kindle yesterday, it's on its way!
anyone know if it's supported in calibre yet?
anyone know if it's supported in calibre yet?
345triangle
Member
cool. i have a pretty big calibre library that i was using with my sony reader, so i guess it should just be a case of converting it all to .mobi format.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
He's talking about Calibre being easier than doing it with no keyboard.Gvaz said:
Peru said:
You just need to install the Calibre GUI plugin:
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=118635
dr3upmushroom
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I use that case, are people complaining it has messed up their Kindles? I haven't had a problem with mine, but I'd like to know of there's something I should be looking out forHeadlessRoland said:
There's a non-jailbreak trick that lets you load one extra font of your choice. The Calibre plugin makes it easy to do. If you want a selection of more fonts you would need to jailbreak and apply the font hack.bob page said:
Here's a link on how to load another font without jail breaking
http://booksprung.com/change-the-font-on-your-kindle-without-hacking-it
Jesus christ, I thought my Kindle that I've had for two days - my fourth replacement kindle, for anybody following this twisted saga - bricked itself in the same exact manner of my last one. Thankfully a reboot got it going again, but I was worried there for a while. Gonna leave it out of the case now, if that's causing some kind of overheating problem...
HeadlessRoland
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dr3upmushroom said:
Yes it can cause all sorts of problems, just read the user reviews on Amazon. It can get stuck in a endless loop and just lock up. Does your kindle frequently have a "booting" progress bar when you first turn it on. If so that is one of the symptoms.
I am calling pilot error on this one...
HiroProtagonist
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Kifimbo said:
Amazon has officially opened the French Kindle store.
http://www.amazon.fr/boutique-kindle/b/ref=topnav_storetab_kinc?ie=UTF8&node=672108031
Edit: According to the press release it launched with 35000 French works.
PjotrStroganov
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Lol, just saw this image on Amazon.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Oh no, she's got Jintor's!
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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By the way, Kindle "Personal Documents" are now treated as if they were bought on Amazon. Full syncing, note storing, bookmarks, sharing, etc. So go nuts with any free books out there that aren't on Amazon.
dr3upmushroom
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I just came into a bit of money I wasn't expecting and I think I want to upgrade my Kindle. The only reason I hesitate is that I'm kind of not completely happy with either the new Kindle or the Touch. I'd love to have the Touch for the few times I need to type something and to select books and highlight words, but on the other hand I know I'd miss the physical turn-page buttons.
Think I might go with the Touch but it depends to on whether I can get a decent price for my current Kindle. Figured I'd ask on GAF if anyone's looking to buy a used one before I make a post on Craigslist or put it up on Amazon or whatever. If nothing else if anyone want to comment on whether they think it's fairly priced or not I'd appreciate it.
It's a Kindle Keyboard (got it in May, as far as I know they didn't make any changes but just so you know it's technically a Kindle 3). Non-ad version, used quite a bit but in excellent condition. The only sign of wear is that the turn-page buttons maybe aren't quite as clicky as when I first got it.
I'd really like to get $120 for it. I'm selling it with the non-lighted leather case and this extra case that is large enough to hold the Kindle inside the leather case. I heard stories about the leather case alone not being protective enough to keep a Kindle in a backpack with heavy things, so I got it just to be sure since I take it to school along with text books. And the leather case is a necessity as far as I'm concerned, some people get along fine without one but in my opinion the Kindle's are too thin for their own good and are uncomfortable to grip without a case to add some girth.
Anyway, send a PM if your interested.
Think I might go with the Touch but it depends to on whether I can get a decent price for my current Kindle. Figured I'd ask on GAF if anyone's looking to buy a used one before I make a post on Craigslist or put it up on Amazon or whatever. If nothing else if anyone want to comment on whether they think it's fairly priced or not I'd appreciate it.
It's a Kindle Keyboard (got it in May, as far as I know they didn't make any changes but just so you know it's technically a Kindle 3). Non-ad version, used quite a bit but in excellent condition. The only sign of wear is that the turn-page buttons maybe aren't quite as clicky as when I first got it.
I'd really like to get $120 for it. I'm selling it with the non-lighted leather case and this extra case that is large enough to hold the Kindle inside the leather case. I heard stories about the leather case alone not being protective enough to keep a Kindle in a backpack with heavy things, so I got it just to be sure since I take it to school along with text books. And the leather case is a necessity as far as I'm concerned, some people get along fine without one but in my opinion the Kindle's are too thin for their own good and are uncomfortable to grip without a case to add some girth.
Anyway, send a PM if your interested.
345triangle
Member
so i could convert my old sony reader books to .mobi, upload them to amazon's server and they'd download to my new kindle plus the iOS apps with syncing across all three? if so, that's awesome and i might not even need to use calibre.vazel said:
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
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It's not on iOS yet, but the email that told me about the feature upgrade said it was coming within the next few months.345triangle said:
For now I'm happy that I can take notes and highlight parts of a book and it'll always be accessible to me on Amazon's website.
Trent Strong
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Are the backs of these new Kindles rubberized like the Kindle 3? Or are they regular plastic?
DaBargainHunta
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dr3upmushroom said:
Why? The Kindle you have is still considered current-gen. The Kindle Keyboard is just the Kindle 3 with a new name.
I have the $79 Kindle and love it, but I wouldn't have gotten it if I already had a K3/KK (I went from a K1 to the $79 model, so it was a big leap for me).
PjotrStroganov
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Liu Kang Baking A Pie said:
How does it work though? Do I have to make a note to get it to sync that particular document?
Has anyone read The Long Ships by Frans G. Bengtsson on Kindle? Randomly saw a few reviews saying the Kindle version was riddled with errors, but the free sample seems perfectly fine. Anyone out there able to say either way?
Heard a lot of great things about it, would love to go through it on Kindle.
Heard a lot of great things about it, would love to go through it on Kindle.