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View Poll Results: Will you be upgrading to the Paperwhite II proposed below? | |||
Yes. Upgrading from Paperwhite. | 17 | 22.67% | |
Yes. Upgrading from and old reader, or different brand. | 7 | 9.33% | |
No. Have Paperwhite already. Not enough improvement. | 44 | 58.67% | |
No. I haven't got a PW, but will wait until my reader breaks. | 7 | 9.33% | |
Voters: 75. You may not vote on this poll |
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08-04-2013, 01:06 PM | #91 | |
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While I had Kindle I set the correct time using the date command from terminal launched through KUAL The moment PocketBook reader with front-light came out I sold my PW and purchased PB623. |
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08-04-2013, 02:48 PM | #92 | |
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I actually tried to set the clock by enabling Wifi, but it was still off. Not by hours, such as it would be by syncing with the wrong timezone, but by some sort of weird amount, like 23 minutes. Now I just leave everything in the reader turned off and disregard the clock. The only thing I do is open a book, read, and turn pages. If all the books are done, I delete them and load some new ones in Calibre. Maybe my next device won't be a Kindle, but with regard to that, Kobo needs to seriously unbug the text display in their firmware, improve their customer service, or Sony needs to add a front-light and lose the useless buttons. Maybe I'll look into completely other brands; as long as they have a touch screen, and a front-light. |
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08-05-2013, 08:32 PM | #93 | |
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08-06-2013, 02:14 AM | #94 |
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My kindle PW has been in airplane mode for well over a month and the clock is still fine.
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08-06-2013, 03:23 AM | #95 |
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You should only need to reset the clock after a reboot of the Kindle. Like yours, mine keeps excellent time with WiFi off.
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08-06-2013, 11:47 AM | #96 |
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I'd personally like:
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08-06-2013, 05:14 PM | #97 | |
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I chose one font and one font size and that's it for me. I'm not a gadget tinkerer, I'm a reader wanting to read. |
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08-06-2013, 05:21 PM | #98 | |
affordable chipmunk
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and BTW, no. I just got a top-notch eink reader with all bells and whistles and lit screen and am not likely to buy another one so soon unless it breaks. |
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08-07-2013, 12:59 AM | #99 |
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My PW clock is weird too. I keep airplane mode always but the time starts to act weird after awhile. I just stop looking at the clock since it's always not accurate.
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08-07-2013, 04:21 PM | #100 |
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My clock is always going wrong on my PW. Flight mode obviously.
But back to the thrust of the thread. Audio. Audio. Audio. And one more thing. I bought a nook simple Touch. Can never be worse than that. |
08-09-2013, 01:53 PM | #101 | |
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And the answer had better not be "because I need to hold my entire music library on my Kindle" of all places. That's what phones and mp3 players are for. The Kindle is for casual/occasional mp3 use at BEST. I do agree that audio should be put back on -- for the TTS and audiobooks -- but the Kindle isn't meant for pounding music -- or audiobooks. |
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08-09-2013, 02:00 PM | #102 |
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My next "upgrade" is most likely going to be a new Amazon tablet. Seriously - my PW does everything I need to have from a dedicated book reader. Except... if the screen will improve a lot, I might reconsider...
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08-10-2013, 02:27 AM | #103 |
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I'm not a fan of audiobooks so for me if that is one of the only major upgrades I'll pass.
However, I wouldnt say no to better battery life and SD card slot...but still not enough to force me to upgrade. |
08-13-2013, 09:59 AM | #104 |
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The SD card slot is certainly interesting, however like discopig its not enough to get the $100 out of me. As the price of a kindle goes down I need less and less of an incentive to buy. However at the $110 level I need an incentive to shell out the bucks and from what I have seen its not enough.
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08-13-2013, 10:46 AM | #105 |
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I'll be tempted to upgrade to a Paperwhite 2 for the sole reason i'm on the Kindle 4 right now and i'd like the light option. I really wish they'd include page turn buttons on it though.
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