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enkov · 01-07-2011, 11:49 AM

Somewhere in the other blogs I have read that someone was able to port whole K3 firmware to the K2 - the result was unstalbe and slow work of the browser and crashes. I think it is still possible to do some significant re-engineering and refresh of the K2 original firmware but Amazon of course is not interested of this and the result will be somewhat unstable and slow realisation. Add the fact that the K2 is not in production yet so it is not in competition yet with the other e-readers (K3 is not counting).

By the way - the K2 is still a good e-reader and I will use it while it works fine (or on release of the color Kindle with mirasol/Triton e-ink-like 6-7-inch screen and AppStore feature, or maybe when 9.7/10-inch e-Inks drops their price to under 200$ level). I.e. when the slim, cheap and reliable DX-like e-readers hit the market. I cannot see any reason to sell my K2 and to get a K3 because for reading e-books they are equal (Pearl screen is better but nothing revolutionary - same screen size, same types of e-books supported, same problems with PDFs, same lack of the Adobe/Library DRM support). Of course if someone gives me a K3 as a gift...

Update: CPU speeds are same in K2 and K3, but it looks like they are different cores.

01-07-2011, 11:49 AM	#22
enkov Advanced Dunno Posts: 80 Karma: 27094 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria Device: Kindle Fire HDX 7 + Paperwhite 2013	Somewhere in the other blogs I have read that someone was able to port whole K3 firmware to the K2 - the result was unstalbe and slow work of the browser and crashes. I think it is still possible to do some significant re-engineering and refresh of the K2 original firmware but Amazon of course is not interested of this and the result will be somewhat unstable and slow realisation. Add the fact that the K2 is not in production yet so it is not in competition yet with the other e-readers (K3 is not counting). By the way - the K2 is still a good e-reader and I will use it while it works fine (or on release of the color Kindle with mirasol/Triton e-ink-like 6-7-inch screen and AppStore feature, or maybe when 9.7/10-inch e-Inks drops their price to under 200$ level). I.e. when the slim, cheap and reliable DX-like e-readers hit the market. I cannot see any reason to sell my K2 and to get a K3 because for reading e-books they are equal (Pearl screen is better but nothing revolutionary - same screen size, same types of e-books supported, same problems with PDFs, same lack of the Adobe/Library DRM support). Of course if someone gives me a K3 as a gift... Update: CPU speeds are same in K2 and K3, but it looks like they are different cores. Last edited by enkov; 01-07-2011 at 12:22 PM.