[Paul in Saudi]

So I am back in the US. I have my new replacement Kindle. Life is good.

But for the last day or two, my battery has been dying after a couple of hours. I think I have figured that one out. I had no bars on the WhisperNet thing, so my Kindle was wasting power looking for a signal.

1. Why would WhisperNet be out for the last 24 hours in Western Maryland?

So I turned off wireless and downloaded the Times by the Amazon web site. No problems. But while reading the Times, I noticed the battery life bar moving. I mean after a night's charge it ought to be solid for several hours. What the heck?

So I turned the machine off and and on. No problems, but no improvement.

I went back to my newspaper, and all the controls are frozen, page forward, page back, back, even the power switch seems to do nothing.

2. Any obvious diagnosis? I suppose I need to do a hard reset with a paperclip?

Your thoughts?