Kindle2 International arrived~!

Kindle2 International arrived~!

It look so nice, that at last I decided to bought one for Vivi, though we planed to wait for a period of time at the very beginning, to see how is it....:)

For this moment we know:
1. It's just as perfect as previous Kindles...clear/sharp E-Ink screen even reading under sunshine...
2. As my kindle was registered in Europe, books on Amazon are 2$ higher than US price
   So, Amazon free books cost 2$ for Kindle inter, I think it's reasonable for 3G roaming...
3. If set kindle location back to China, it will promoted than you can't buy books online :(
4. Wikipedia works outside US, but other web sites not.
4. It's international, bu NOT multi-language...(Unicode hack still needed)
5. As a update of its firmware (v2.2.x), old patches won't work any more, there seems a
   signature checking on updates... so still under discussing how-to....
      (Mobiread forum ~~post1~~ ~~post2~~)
   Now hacking Kindle international becomes possible, here my new post

Kindle patches (3rd-party updates) sites:
Unicode Font (Display Chinese/Japanese/...)     (International version)
Savory (Convert PDF on Kindle, so useless for Kindle DX) (International version)
Screensaver Hack (to use your family photos as screensaver) or here   (International version)

Hidden Functions of Kindle2 International (Easter Eggs)
1. Hidden picture viewer (manga & comic!:)
    create “pictures” folder under Kindle disk
    Copy pictures in a subfolders, name of which is the manga/comic book name
    Back to kindle home screen, press 'Alt+Z'
    "pictures" folder will be checked, then the manga/comic book apeared!
2. Minesweeper: "Alt+Shift+M" in the home screen
    GoBang(WuZiQi): "G"
3. Screenshots: "ALt+Shift+G"
4. Hidden settings, in settings screen type:
     411 – shows diagnostic data
     611 – shows current radio diagnostics data and keeps refreshing it
     311 - manually switch wireless networks

Forums to talk about kindle:
http://www.hi-pda.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=59&page=1
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=150

Posted in Tech Miscellanea at 06:45 on Sunday, 25 Oct, 2009 by millin
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Comments

知秋小明 wrote:

excited to see your blog about kindle 2 international, since I live in beijing and have great interst in kindle 2 international.
Can you buy books, download the first chapter wirelessly in Beijing?

Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 14:56

millin wrote:

Yes, I think it can be done, although I'm in Europe for this moment, I'll back to Beijing later.
From the AT&T's roaming map, main citys in China were included. That means a Kindle.i user can use it in China.
The problems are:
1. You still can't order a kindle.i from Amazon directly from a Chinese address, neither ask them send it there.(As we are not in its plan, for this moment.)
2. You can only set the kindle's location to some place other than China, for the same reason. This setting can be changed by yourself very easy. For me, my kindle was set to Europe, than I can wireless buy books available for Europe, even using a chinese credit card.
(It's some restriction on copyright. You can set kindle location to China, but no available book for this moment.)

Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 17:37

知秋小明 wrote:

Thank you very much for your reply, and forgive my calling this afternoon, because I didn't know you ara abroad.
The same with you, I enjoy reading ebooks in English, that's why I keep focusing on kindle. If the kindle 2 international can function well in Beijing, going online and buying books conveniently, I will manage to get one.
When you will come back to Beijing? Then we can see your review of "kindle 2 international in China", haha.
Found your blog in occasion, it's really a good place with your personal feature. Nice to meet you, and have a good time in Europe.

Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 18:50

millin wrote:

I would be back before the Christmas...then, we will see....:)

Tuesday, 27 Oct, 2009 19:32

知秋小明 wrote:

hi，kindle 2的体验怎么样？在hipda看到你了，呵呵。想知道现在有办法用kindle 2 看扫描版PDF吗? 不知现在的电子书转换软件有没有这么好的功能。

Friday, 13 Nov, 2009 20:07

小爱 wrote:

请教博主一个问题，你的kindle2是从哪里买的呢？我在北京，想从美国的amazon网站邮购kindle2。可是amazon的网站上只有一个kindle2的页面，写的是“Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation)”
，没有分US版还是international版啊，是不是美国卖的都是US版呢？还是这个版本就是international的？比较迷茫。。。谢谢了！！

Wednesday, 07 Apr, 2010 20:48