Posts tagged Web Browser
Kindle Touch 3G Web Browser Can't Be Used for Web Serfing
According to Amazon Kindle Team,
Our new Kindle Touch 3G enables you to connect to the Kindle Store, download books and periodicals, and access Wikipedia – all over 3G or Wi-Fi. Experimental web browsing (outside of Wikipedia) on Kindle Touch 3G is only available over Wi-Fi. Our Kindle Keyboard 3G will continue to offer experimental web browsing over 3G or Wi-Fi.
After almost 200 posts with title “Kindle Touch 3G – no more web browsing via 3G? “on the Kindle forum on Amazon, the Kindle Team has responded on the issue. Defintely, Amazon is trying to save money on 3G data. It’s not known how More >
How Can I Use Kindle 3 Webkit Browser?
Your Kindle comes with an experimental application called Web Browser. It supports JavaScript, SSL and cookies, but does not support media plug-ins (Flash, Shockwave, etc.) or Java applets. Most Amazon.com web pages can be viewed on your Kindle.
To launch Web Browser: Select “Launch Browser” from the Experimental screen or follow a link from within your reading material.
To launch Web Browser via search: Press the Menu button, select Search. Begin typing in the search box and use the 5-way controller to search by “Google,” “Wikipedia” or “go to More >
Kindle Webkit Browser: a Surprise with Some Purpose?
[asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa] With new Kindle 3 Amazon has introduced webkit-based browser instead of the old basic browser. I’ve already posted a piece titled “Whats so special about new webkit based browser on kindle 3” a few days back. The heavy internet traffic to that post seems to me that people are very much interested to know about the implications of webkit browser on Kindle 3. Amazon didn’t imlement many things with the new browser yet. However, there must be some reasons why Amazon has switched to open source webkit -based browser which has been the foundation of Apple’s Safari, and More >
What’s So Special About New WebKit-based Browser on Kindle 3?
Update: I’ve a new post on Kindle WebKit-based browser here.
With the introduction of Kindle 3, Amazon has launched new web browser on new Kindle based on WebKit. For now, Amazon says it will “provide a better web browsing experience”. However, there are speculations that Amazon might have something in mind to enhance Kindle’s capability using WebKit-based browser. Amazon has already introduced new “Article Mode” in Kindle 3′s web browser. The main purpose of such article mode is to maximize readability in a better way. [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa]
- The Article Mode in Kindle 3′s web browser More >
What's So Special About New WebKit-based Browser on Kindle 3?
Update: I’ve a new post on Kindle WebKit-based browser here.
With the introduction of Kindle 3, Amazon has launched new web browser on new Kindle based on WebKit. For now, Amazon says it will “provide a better web browsing experience”. However, there are speculations that Amazon might have something in mind to enhance Kindle’s capability using WebKit-based browser. Amazon has already introduced new “Article Mode” in Kindle 3′s web browser. The main purpose of such article mode is to maximize readability in a better way. [asa]B002Y27P3M[/asa]
- The Article Mode in Kindle 3′s web browser More >
