11-30-2012, 09:53 AM | #31 | |
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Just look at screenshot. (This way was available up to 5.2.0, was missing in 5.2.0 and now is working again in 5.3.0. Thanks to adamselene for re-discovering it.) Last edited by eureka; 11-30-2012 at 09:56 AM. Reason: thanks to adamselene |
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11-30-2012, 02:35 PM | #32 |
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Is the Kobo Glo really comparable? I have not seen one but the comparison that I saw on Youtube was very unflattering to the Kobo. The Kobo screen tinted all of the the text blue when the light was bright and in typical use the lettering was much more black and white on the pw.
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11-30-2012, 05:36 PM | #33 | |
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I don't have a problem with jailbreaking. I don't think it should be illegal. I think that you should be able to modify your gear as long as you're willing to suffer the consequences if it goes blammo. |
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12-01-2012, 04:27 AM | #34 |
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Whatever the results and the rights and wrongs and whether Amazon's actions are necessary, it adds to Amazon devices' reputation as the most closed platforms on the market. -10
And that stuff about uploading the log file to Amazon is bordering on Orwellian. What's in that file? It deserves its own thread. Is there one? There should be. |
12-01-2012, 09:12 AM | #35 |
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If you already percieve Kindles as the most closed platform, then it surely does not hurt Amazons reputation in any way to enforce that. They could even put that as a plus for them to show investors / publishers how serious they are about security holes and fixing them. I don't agree with it, but just saying that it makes sense from a business view of point.
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12-01-2012, 11:43 AM | #36 |
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Not even sure why people buy the kindle in the first place and then complain it does not work as a can opener etc. It is a great READER!!! Enjoy it, and yes if you do not want it to read with, definitely find something else.
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12-01-2012, 03:26 PM | #37 | ||
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PauN_9O4dM&feature=plcp Jailbreaking isn't just about turning your Kindle into a can opener. It's about filling in the holes as far as features go, and at least to me, being able to hack/jailbreak something is as much of a selling point as anything else (even though it's obviously not an "official" feature). |
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12-01-2012, 04:53 PM | #38 | |
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The Kobo is less blue than the Nook Glowlight but a wee bit more blue than the Paperwhite. And my third Paperwhite (I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess) is more blue than the first two I tried. |
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12-01-2012, 11:46 PM | #39 | |
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I happen to have a bit different taste. Previous versions of Kindle had an option to make text left justified and to set narrower margin. Why did they remove it? Would it be THAT difficult to give us choice of font sizes, user-installed fonts, justifications, line space, margins ... PaperWhite doesn't even support hyphenation! |
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12-02-2012, 04:25 AM | #40 | |
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12-02-2012, 05:33 AM | #41 | |
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12-02-2012, 05:33 AM | #42 | |
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The light on the Glo is however a lot better than the Paperwhite in that it's more uniform across the screen. It doesn't suffer from colour blotches at all and has far less shadows. Comparing a 'good' Paperwhite screen to a Kobo Glo with them both set at similar light levels there will probably not be a great deal to choose between them, but at least with the Glo you know what the light and screen will be like before you buy it, whereas with the Paperwhite, there doesn't seem to be any guarantee! |
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12-02-2012, 06:24 PM | #43 | |
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12-07-2012, 09:21 AM | #44 | |
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What I meant to say was, that MOST people who OWN a kindle use it to read. And they bought it for it's ability and reliability as a good reader, NOTHING ELSE. They have no interest to 'tweek' or 'jailbreak' etc. I being one of them. As I said I am not technically inclined, which is why I joined this forum, to gain insight and understanding of what can be done to my kindle. Believe it or not, alot of kindle owners do not subscribe to this site. So in essence what I am trying to say is, I understand the homebrewings crowds frustration with this, BUT as they are a small percentage of kindle owners who feel like this, I don't think that Amazon are going to take their wishes into account. |
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