Month: March 2009

Kindle 2 Contest winning date is set

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I just performed my everyday 0:01am check and I see 256,806 books available in the Amazon Kindle store. It means that the winning date is March 31st, 2009 (03/31/2009)! Now…

Kindle 2 Recovery Mode

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There is this undocumented feature of recover mode in Kindle 2. I’m posting about it but please don’t mess with it unless you know what are you doing because it…

Ernest Hemingway, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #3

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In the previous post of this series, I wrote about American classical literature, commenting on Mark Twain’s books and works about him available in Kindle edition.  Today I’ll continue with…

Kindle Warranty

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I just had to exercise warranty on my Kindle 2. Hence the reduction of the number of posts on this blog… The quality of the warranty service was a very…

Mark Twain, Good Kindle Books at a Glance #2

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And now, more good books that are available on Amazon Kindle… When I’m thinking about American classical literature, the name of Mark Twain instantly comes to my mind (actually, it’s…

Free Kindle 2 Contest Update #3

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As of 00:01 PST 3/20/2009 the book count was 252,289 so starting from that time no more entries are accepted. At the time of this posting the count is 252,758.…

Kindle 2 Software Update 2.0.2 (309510017)

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My Amazon Kindle 2 just updated itself to new firmware version 2.0.2 (309510017). At the moment there are no official release notes from Amazon.com, however by looking at the source…

Fujistu FLEPia features color eInk

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Fujitsu has launched FLEPia – “color e-paper mobile terminal”. It features: 8″ 1024×768 e-Ink resistive touchscreen that can display either 260,000, 4,096 or 64 colors. Depending on the number of…