Month: June 2009
Kindle DX Sold Out
I recently checked Kindle DX product page at Amazon.com and surpirse -surpise! It’s sold out for another 4-6 weeks. Kindle 2 is still readily available for overnight shipment. It looks…
Airplane didn’t brick my Kindle this time
Recently I took another transatlantic flight with my family. I was reading Wolves Of Calla on Kindle DX, my wife was reading Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy on Kindle 2.…
Foreign Affairs and Detroit Free Press on Kindle
According to official Amazon Kindle Blog two good periodicals are not available for subscription on Kindle: Since its founding in 1922, Foreign Affairs has been a leading forum for serious discussion of…
Agatha Christie, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #17
Agatha Christie is often referred as the “Queen of Crime”, due to the crime novels and short stories featuring the famous detectives Hercule Poirot and and Miss Jane Marple. Lots…
Amazon Kindle in more libraries
In May I wrote a post about library usage of Amazon Kindle. Recently Lone Wolf Librarian did a more thorough search and uncovered at least 15 libraries that lend Kindle…
Kindle 2 Drop Test
While I’m on the topic – here’s Kindle 2 drop tested the same way as other Kindles – 30″ on some kind of hard surface. Click on the image to…
Kindle DX Drop Test
In case you were wondering how durable Kindle DX is… Click on the image and watch. I’ve done some measurements on screenshots and it looks like it’s being dropped from…
Joseph Conrad, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #16
Joseph Conrad is famous not only for his works adapted into well-known films such as Apocalypse Now and Sabotage; he also stands out as he was a Polish-born novelist who…
Kindle DX to have WiFi in the future?
Kindle DX was taken apart by RapidRepair.com recently. Kindle Zen took a closer look at these photos and suggested that Kindle DX’s PCB is wired for WiFi chipset and antennae.…
Kindle DX Screensaver Hack
Folks at mobileread.com have updated their screen saver hack to work with Kindle DX. It allows you to replace default screen saver images (mostly of famous writers) that appear when…