Tech Miscellanea

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....:)

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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)

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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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