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Old 08-22-2008, 01:07 PM   #31
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To embolden you:

igorsk has a complete tear-down somewhere , but I can't seem to find it.

"Rapid Repair" took it apart as well (I wonder if they really do "repair" them?)

http://www.rapidrepair.com/guides/am...part-Guide.htm
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Old 08-22-2008, 02:53 PM   #32
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Old 08-23-2008, 07:40 AM   #33
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The screen is more then 1/2 the cost of these readers.
I don't think that's true any more, Jon. Eg Bookeen charge €120 for a screen replacement on the Gen3, but the device costs €350 new. That would indicate that the screen cost has fallen to something like one third the cost of the machine.
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Old 08-23-2008, 08:29 AM   #34
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Igorsk, you are brilliant. Now THATS what I call a Nekkid Kindle! Thank you.
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Old 08-23-2008, 09:02 AM   #35
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Why should Amazon (or any manufacturer) support a product that has been damaged by customer carelessness?
In some cases, for particularly good customers, they'd probably profit nicely by giving the Kindle away for free. I for one buy a sh*tload of books in the Kindle store. They've probably made enough money off me to replace the Kindle several times.

They do seem to notice this stuff too, because I was recently invited to become an 'Amazon Vine' reviewer. They send me books (paper copies, sadly, wish they were Kindle ones but hey, beggars can't be choosers), and all I have to do is read them and write a review. It's absolute heaven for someone like me who pretty much inhales books...I have no clue how they chose me, but I am guessing it was because of my volume of purchases.
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Old 08-23-2008, 10:40 AM   #36
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Once you wash your Kindle you may want to do what was recommended to owners of flooded cell phones from the Iowa floods. Put your Kindle in a zip lock bag with dry rice. The rice absorbs the moisture. From what I read that worked in worked about half the time. Of course if you have any of those ubiquitous anti-desiccant bags, those would work better.

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Old 08-31-2008, 07:24 AM   #37
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So what is the stats uf the Kindle now? Did you try to repair it?
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