Posts tagged Kindle DX
Jailbrake Your Kindle – Hack with Fonts, Screensavers, USB Network
Yes, it happened again. This time jail-braking works for both Kindle 2 and Kindle 3. Details have been posted on mobileread forum. In order to hack Kindle you’ve to jailbrake Kindle first. There are three hacks currently available:
- Fonts
- Screensavers
- USB network
For jailbraking, you have to careful finding out the appropriate file for your Kindle since the zip file contains installer files for Kindle 2 US-only, Kindle 2 global, kindle 3 3g+wifi US-only, Kindle 3 3g+wifi global, Kindle 3 wifi-only, and Kindle DX.
For font hack, go to this mobileread wiki. It shows step-by-step procedure with More >
A New Graphite Kindle DX at $379 – Why Doesn’t it Make Any Sense?
Amazon has silently released a new Kindle DX, not really new something ground breaking. Amazon doesn’t brand it as Kindle DX 2. Nothing new in the device except the color – its now graphite, not white. And according to Amazon:
Our graphite Kindle DX uses our all new, improved electronic ink display, with 50% better contrast for the clearest text and sharpest images.
What is the big thing is that Amazon has reduced the price of Kindle DX to $379 - a $110 below the previous price. This new price is applicable for white and graphite Kindle DX. While Amazon should be focusing on a new Kindle 2 More >
A New Graphite Kindle DX at $379 – Why Doesn't it Make Any Sense?
Amazon has silently released a new Kindle DX, not really new something ground breaking. Amazon doesn’t brand it as Kindle DX 2. Nothing new in the device except the color – its now graphite, not white. And according to Amazon:
Our graphite Kindle DX uses our all new, improved electronic ink display, with 50% better contrast for the clearest text and sharpest images.
What is the big thing is that Amazon has reduced the price of Kindle DX to $379 - a $110 below the previous price. This new price is applicable for white and graphite Kindle DX. While Amazon should be focusing on a new Kindle 2 More >
Kindle DX May Go Global Anytime
Engadget got an snapshoot of amazon website – on the right corner it says: “Kindle DX Now with Global Wireless.” Not yet, really; but amazon is probably ready to ship Kindle DX globally like Kindle 2. There will be no Kindle DX (U.S. wireless) then. If you go to amazon website or it’s kindle site, you don’t see that anymore, rather you’ll see something on free 2-day shipping.
Remember, Kindle DX is out of stock now. It’ll take 2-3 weeks to get it if you order now. It seems that new supply of Kindle DX will come with global wireless service as it happened with kindle 2. That makes more sense More >
A Student Experience With Kindle DX
kindle dx is being used as a pilot project n many U.S. universities. The question is whether kindle can replace the paper book. It should be considered from both usability and cost perspective. On amazon kindle forum Christopher A. Hammer have recently expressed his opinion after using kindle dx as part of the university course. Here is his experience as he writes:
I just completed a 6-week summer session philosophy class at the University of California at Irvine. The course covered readings on pre-Socratics, Plato and Aristotle. For this class I brought four VERY USED and marked-up More >
Now You Can Download PDFs from Kindle DX Browser with Hacks
You can directly download e-books from amazon kindle store over Whispernet. And it costs money to amazon. There are some basic web browsing facilities that come with your kindle. Amazon didn’t put any option to directly download books from any other sources since it would be then at the cost of amazon. However people are constantly searching ways to hack kindle to get around the limitation imposed by amazon. A more recent one is the download capability of PDF books directly onto kindle dx by Nirmal Patel. kindle dx is a decent device to read PDF books even though amazon doesn’t sell PDF More >
Is Kindle DX Really Good for PDF e-books?
Okay, amazon has released kindle dx with native PDF support targeting not only textbooks but also the people who have huge collection PDF e-books or technical documents. It’s true that PDF support is the most sort-after feature on an e-book device; but the size of the screen has so far been lacking.
Now DX is out; and people are putting forward reviews on the internet. Here is some reviews from amazon review page about kindle dx‘s PDF support:
The PDF reader works as advertised, and is extremely convenient. PDF documents appear on the DX exactly as they do on a computer screen. Moreover, you More >
