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rdhoore108 · 11-20-2010, 10:44 AM

I have both the Kindle 2 (my wife's) and 3 (mine).

The Kindle 3 shows Cyrillic just fine. The Kindle 2 doesn't

Why Amazon doesn't fix the Kindle 2 so it can too, is beyond me. A simple firmware update should be able to fix it.

If their consideration is just the money, well, they might get a few Kindle 2 owners to uprgrade to a Kindle 3, but they will lose many more potential customers simply by the rumors that Kindle can't display cyrillics...

Apparently there is a font hack, I will try it now...

UPDATE: I used this post instead, it worked very nicely. Our Kindle2 now displays Cyrillic fine, both in the book list and in the books themselves.

11-20-2010, 10:44 AM	#5
rdhoore108 Ronny D'Hoore Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Belgium Device: Kindle 2, Kindle 3 wifi	I have both the Kindle 2 (my wife's) and 3 (mine). The Kindle 3 shows Cyrillic just fine. The Kindle 2 doesn't Why Amazon doesn't fix the Kindle 2 so it can too, is beyond me. A simple firmware update should be able to fix it. If their consideration is just the money, well, they might get a few Kindle 2 owners to uprgrade to a Kindle 3, but they will lose many more potential customers simply by the rumors that Kindle can't display cyrillics... Apparently there is a font hack, I will try it now... UPDATE: I used this post instead, it worked very nicely. Our Kindle2 now displays Cyrillic fine, both in the book list and in the books themselves. Last edited by rdhoore108; 11-21-2010 at 03:22 PM.