Posts Tagged ‘kindle’
[Click on image for high resolution version] - Screenshot of the Kindle using Wikipedia
The initial euphoria of the Amazon Kindle has past as well as a majority of the press and reviews. As most people with an opinion have yet to actually hold a Kindle, I’ve been a daily user since receiving the device [...]
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After spending three days at CES here in Las Vegas, I’ve come to the realization that Amazon really missed a big opportunity by not having a presence on the show floor. Imagine if you will, Amazon has a modest size booth on the conference floor with literally hundreds of thousands of passers by who [...]
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In playing with some of the hidden gems of the Kindle, I’ve noticed a few things:
- The above images were taken directly using the screen capture easter egg (Alt-Shift-G)
- When using the Alt-T for the time command, it gives different output based on where you are. [...]
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Kindle Easter Eggs: We have GPS!
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Yes - The Kindle has GPS (mind you, not the real GPS but rather CDMA location based) and even more Easter egg goodness:
- Google Maps, show current location (Alt-1 while in the browser)
- Play Minesweeper (Alt-M)
- Make a screenshot (Alt-Shift-G)
- show time from the home screen (Alt-T)
There are quite [...]
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Most anyone who knows me will be surprised that I chose the Kindle over the iPhone as the best gadget of 2007. After all, I was one of those crazy people who stood in line for several hours on the opening day that the iPhone was released. The iPhone is a fantastic device [...]
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Joe Wikert over at his Kindle specific blog, Kindleville has posted an interview with me as an early adopter of the Amazon Kindle. Kindleville is a ’spin-off’ from his main blog, Publishing 2020. Joe is the Vice President and Executive Publisher in the Professional/Trade division of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and [...]
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Amazon Kindle vs. Sony Reader
Click on any image above to get a larger photo. These were all taken with my iPhone, so they are not the best quality.
My buddy has had the Sony reader for a few months, so he gave me the chance to compare the Kindle and the Sony reader side-by-side. This comparison will look [...]
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The Kindle gets slammed for it’s supposed closed architecture, but it’s really quite easy to get your own content to the Kindle. You can even avoid the .10 cent charge of supported file types (html, Word, or .txt) by emailing yourkindle@free.kindle.com and manually moving over the file that is sent back to your email [...]
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Hands-On Amazon Kindle Review
My Kindle arrived yesterday and I’ve been putting it through its paces and overall, I’m impressed. I will not give it the uber-glowing review that Andy Ihnatko did over at the Chicago Sun Times, but I also will not be so hyper critical of the device as Robert Scoble is in his review. [...]
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Reading Blogs on the Kindle: Use Feed Journal
Over at downloadsquad.com, they posted an entry about Feed Journal, a RSS to print solution that formats your RSS feeds (i.e. blogs) in a newspaper format for easy printing. They are quick to point out that printing feeds is not very useful and uses up paper (therefore, bad for the environment). For Kindle [...]
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