In a surprise update (a surprise to me, anyway), Amazon announced improvements to the firmware of the Kindle 2 yesterday. Thanks to Teleread, Len Edgerly, and the KnuckleHeadNetwork, I learned about the improvements in great detail. For an educator, this upgrade is a win. First, the K2 will now support PDF files directly, without conversion.…
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What Will Become of the Kindle DX?
by Will DeLamater
Now that I have been using my Kindle DX for a couple of weeks, I have some observations. First, all of the menu-driven controls that I criticized a little bit in assessing the changes from kindle 1 to Kindle 2 are not as problematic as I thought. Switching the wifi on and off is pretty…
Why Fewer Buttons On the Outside of the Kindle 2 is Bad News for Educators
by Will DeLamater
There is another way in which Amazon is “veering away from supporting educational uses.” The Kindle 2 actually makes it harder to manage the settings of the device. How? Most importantly, the Kindle 2 pushes the wifi “on/off” setting into a menu and removes the button from the exterior of the device. Stylish, yes. Helpful,…
Kindle Battery Life and Release 1.04 (and 1.08)
by Will DeLamater
So what, you ask, is the difference between Kindle software Release 1.04 and 1.08? Apparently, less that you’d think. According to the Kindle Help page, “There is no difference between these software versions.” Go figure. There is, however, apparently a difference between these two (er, one) versions and Release 1.0. Kindle users report that battery…
More Kindle Battery Advice
by Will DeLamater
And another thing about the Kindle battery: I only charge with the wall socket adapter. I plugged the USB cord into my computer and let it charge while in sleep mode one day, and it actually ran out of power while it was supposed to be charging! Maybe this approach to charging would work if…
Kindle Battery Life: Fact vs Fiction
by Will DeLamater
The different experiences that people have with battery life on the Kindle has led to a bunch of theories: 1. that turning the Kindle off saves more battery than sleep mode 2. that “indexing” of the books on your Kindle goes on in the background and drains the battery 3. that playing music on the…