gosh, I wish I loved it as much as you guys do! I really really want to! I'll call customer service tomorrow. It must have been another message board that were all about getting the firmware 2.0.1 i believe it was called, for contrast on the kindle 3. and there were members with a kindle 1 and got the 3 and returned because teh contrast on the screen was better on the 1. I have a refurb, so maybe that is why it's screwy? never had bad luck with refurbished electronics.
to me, the kindle is 2 shades of grey. light grey and dark grey. NOT balck and white. am i expecting too much in hoping that it'd be very close to a hardback?
http://www.winsupersite.com/mobile/kindle3.asp
this is pretty accurate to what mine looks like. I guess I was just expecting more of a true book like experience. I have sensitive eyes. or maybe picky. compared to your hardbacks, doesn't it look quite a bit darker?
ty all for answering so quickly! i love the help! I really want to love love love my new cmas presant.
oh, in the link- see how the kindle 3's white part of the screen is so much greyer than the white of the kindle 2? it doesn't seem to me like it should be like that. I guess i'm just stuck with deciding if I'm going to keep it or return it. I'm bummed.