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Originally Posted by AbFabGab
Thank you OakIris for clarifying that. 
Ive been reading so much Kindle stuff, I'm getting myself
confused! 
I really, really do like the lighted cover...
don't care for the snap on thingys, though.
then again makes it easy to tell front/back..lol.
if they came in red...
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As mentioned by FF@, the Kindle lighted cover comes in various colours - here is the red one:
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Originally Posted by screwballl
I got a similar cover, but I also see 2 that look the same, with slightly different descriptions. One says "fits latest generation kindles", the other days "fits 2nd generation Kindles"...
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Ummm, I don't know what cover you have that you say is similar, but as for the "2 that look the same," one is for the Kindle 3 and one is for the Kindle 2. The Kindles are different sizes....
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Originally Posted by screwballl
Wwhat I am wondering as a long time computer tech is HOW a simple basic leather cover could cause anything remotely like what these people are attributing to it? It holds it in place... to me it sounds like there is some other sort of interference causing the problem, and since this is the most popular cover sold and used for Kindles, this is the first and easiest scapegoat for the uneducated. If it is sitting in the backpack and getting jostled around, and various things pushing on the cover which is pushing random buttons, then it is most likely the movement, NOT the case causing these problems.
Personally I see it as people wanting to find an excuse to complain about something, and others jump on the bandwagon.
edit: forgot to mention that I believe a lot of these people may be the types that think they can be a lot more rough with their Kindles thinking the cover will protect it, thus better chance of damaging it, when that is not what these covers are designed for.
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I don't have an Amazon cover, but I must disagree with your contention that the reboot problem associated with the Amazon cover (sans light) is being caused by people's abusive treatment of their Kindles, nor do I think that people are just looking for an excuse to complain.
I do hope you realize that the Amazon covers are attached to the Kindle via hinges with two metal hooks. The hooks are inserted into holes on left side of the Kindle. These openings are just holes with no protective cover between the opening and the "innards" of the Kindle - you can see the gleam of metal components on the motherboard/logic board of the Kindle through the holes. The possibility of the metal of the hook touching a metal component inside the Kindle and causing a short - and thus the reboots and freezes - is very real. Not everyone is having this problem with the cover, however, as can be seen by mLewis78's post.
(This is an assumption on my part as I have never seen the two different covers in person, but since the problem is only being reported for the cover without the light, the design of its hooks must be different from the hooks on the cover with the light.)
Holly