For those Kindle 3 owners who like to be early adopters or those who are having any problems that they think might be fixed by the latest patches, Amazon is now making a beta release of the 3.0.3 firmware version … Continue reading
“NiLuJe” has released a Kindle 3 compatible font hack today. So in addition to changing the screen-saver images, you can now also change to some different typefaces if you would like. See the MobileRead Wiki instructions for installing and using … Continue reading
I have noticed on my new Kindle 3 WiFi that the sorting algorithm for book titles has changed. The good news it that it now ignores leading articles (“a”, “an”, “the”) when sorting. The not-really-bad news is that it also … Continue reading
I am now an owner of a K3-WiFi (a.k.a.: Kindle Wireless Reading Device, Wi-Fi, 6″ Display, Graphite – Latest Generation). It and its Chocolate Brown Kindle Leather Cover arrived together. The initial impression when I first connected up the charging … Continue reading
Just a note to let you know that M-Edge cases for Kindle 3 are now available for pre-order at Amazon. Upon checking through several of the product listings there, it appears that the current release dates range from mid-September through … Continue reading
(NOTE: This 3.0.1 update has now been made official.) Amazon has now posted links for a 3.0.1 update for the “Latest Generation” Kindle (Kindle 3) only. If you want to be an early adopter and beta tester for this patch, … Continue reading
UPDATE 2010/09/08: There is a new 3.0.1 patch being released which may help. See this post. There have been reports by some users of the new Kindle 3 “freezing” at times. It does not appear to be affecting all users, … Continue reading
Just a quick post to bring you a video demo of the new voice option for the menu system of the new Kindle 3. Thanks to “Varin” at the KindleBoards.com forums for posting it. As I mentioned before, hopefully this … Continue reading
According to an Amazon press release today, if you were among those who pre-ordered your Kindle 3 and are lucky enough to be at the top of their “list”, it may already be shipped — two days ahead of schedule. … Continue reading
The press release has been, well, released; and the Kindle 6-inch WiFi + 3G ($189) and Kindle 6-inch WiFi-only ($139) are now available for pre-order. “Kindle is the best-selling product on Amazon for two years running. We lowered the price … Continue reading