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Re: E-book readers.. Which one?
said by Jason  :As far as the E-ink, its actually quite noce. Text is clear, and sharp. The reduced contrast some mention, I dont even notice. In the last 2 days Amazon has been pushing out an update for the Kindle 2 to version 2.0.3
Amazon never puts out a "what's changed" announcement, but it looks to me that the contrast issue was improved somewhat with this new version. Especially with web sites where the "shades of gray" issue shows lighter shades to better effect.
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| Hmmm.. I'll have to check that out.
I have noticed a bit of ghosting on my Kindle, For lack of a better explanation, it looks a bit like the previous screen "burned in" over the next screen, but its *very* faint, not even an annoyance.
I wonder if the update will help. Ill turn on the wireless function, and see if the kindle auto-updates, or if I have to do something with my amazon account.
Thanks for the heads up!
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| said by Jason :I have noticed a bit of ghosting on my Kindle, For lack of a better explanation, it looks a bit like the previous screen "burned in" over the next screen, but its *very* faint, not even an annoyance. For the ghosting issue, try typing Alt/G on the keyboard. That refreshes the screen and washes away any remnants of the e-ink that may be out of sync.
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| May I ask, where did you come by that information? I'd like to see what other "hidden" commands this device is capable of.
Mainly as I'm just curious.
As far as the update, I tried putting the .bin file on the kindles root (as per the instructions on Amazon.com to update it manually) but it didnt work, I didnt see the update menu I should have according to their online instructions. But, I left the wireless on and the kindle updated itself after a few minutes. It showed a screen saying not to turn it off, etc.. that it was receiving an update.. After it was finished, and re-booted itself, I checked, and the firmware was 2.0.3...
...I don't see a difference in the ghosting tho. Ill have to check out some book covers, and images to see if theres much difference there.
Thanks again!
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| said by Jason :May I ask, where did you come by that information? I'd like to see what other "hidden" commands this device is capable of. Mainly as I'm just curious. Here a couple web sites showing some keyboard shortcuts you can use:
»sites.google.com/site/kindle2ui/···hortcuts
»www.geektonic.com/2009/03/kindle···uts.html
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