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
