The Universe of eReaders and eBooks
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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, [...]
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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. [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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