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Originally Posted by rheostaticsfan
the first one may be kinda stupid. Is hacking the kindle in any way allowed by amazon? Is it akin to jail-breaking the iphone? I'd rather not do that...
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Technically, jail-breaking the Kindle will void the warranty but in my experience will not otherwise impair any of its functionality. You will still be able to shop in the amazon store and it wont restrict any of its features. Provided the unit is not "bricked" the jail-break (and hacks) can be removed should you need to return a sanitized unit to amazon for service.
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but I'm wondering if there's a hack/script that does what I want:
I want to leave networking off in general, but have the kindle do this 3 step process:
turn on networking
whispersync
turn off networking
either on a time basis, or when the kindle first wakes up/turns on and sleeps/turns off.
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No need for hacks here. The Kindle does this natively (though manually). You can turn on and off networking from a menu and the Kindle will sync automatically.
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Sorry if these are silly questions: I don't actually own a kindle yet, but am strongly considering buying one. I currently read on my PC, my blackberry, my ipod touch and my cybook gen 3. What I'm wishing for is synced placeholders between my devices.
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Your mileage may vary. By default, only books purchased from amazon will synchronize, and only between amazon applications (such as Kindle for PC). With a little more work, using Calibre, you would be able to synchronize any ebook. Calibre has a forum on this site, you can search to that effect.