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02.25.10Do-it-yourself stand for Kindle 2I'm what you might call an "enthusiastic" crafter--you know, when someone isn't good at something but keeps doing it, so others feel compelled to say something nice so as not to ruin his fun. "Well, you're certainly enthusiastic! Good for you!" That's about all the intro I need to give before I show you my homemade stand for the Kindle 2: I reviewed a much nicer, professionally designed stand earlier this month, and it made me realize I wanted a stand of my own. Being cheap, prone to occasional insomnia, and in possession of a box of Sculpey from previous craft projects, ...
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02.23.10How to tell whether you have a U.S. or International KindleIf you bought your Kindle 2 used or received it as a gift, you might not have any idea whether it's the original U.S. wireless version or the later International wireless version. Heck, even if you bought it from Amazon you might not know. Here's how to tell. 1. Look on the back of the Kindle for the serial number. 2. If it starts with B002, it's the original U.S. model (uses Sprint's 3G network). 3. If it starts with B003, it's the newer international model (uses AT&T's 3G network, at least in the U.S.). Normally you won't need to know this, but ...
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04.06.09Sign this petition if you think the Authors Guild should leave the Kindle 2’s text-to-speech feature aloneThe National Federation of the Blind has joined up with dozens of other organizations to form the Reading Rights Coalition, which is fighting for the right to use the Kindle 2's text-to-speech function on any text without having to pay extra. You probably remember that when the Kindle 2 came out in February, the Authors Guild complained that text-to-speech was in violation of the audiobook rights of books, and Amazon backed down from a potential lawsuit by saying they would let authors disable the function on a case-by-case basis. The Reading Rights Coalition says that's discriminatory, because it interferes with technology ...
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03.08.09Hack lets you add custom screensavers to Kindle 2Update, January 2010: Here's a detailed MobileRead Wiki page that provides instructions for the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX running firmware version 2.3. Here's how to find out whether you have a U.S. or International version of the Kindle 2. * * * Well, that didn't take long: someone on MobileRead figured out a way to change the directory where the Kindle 2 looks for its default screensaver images. By default, this directory is hidden on a partition that doesn't even get mounted on your PC when you connect the K2 via USB, but this hack changes the path to a directory on ...
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03.07.09Amazon’s “Kindle for iPhone” sets ebooks free from your KindleIt didn't take long for Amazon to make good on its promise to expand into mobile territory. Last week, only a couple of weeks after releasing the Kindle 2, an official app showed up on the iTunes App Store that allows you to read your Kindle ebooks (but not mags or newspapers) on your iPhone or iPod Touch. Here's a first look at how the app works, including what it does well and doesn't do at all. Perhaps even more interesting, though, is that for the first time, customers who don't own a Kindle can purchase Kindle ebooks. This throws open ...
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