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Originally Posted by jhowell
It is certainly misleading. A more accurate statement would be “You have the latest software that we currently want you to have”
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Nailed it!
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Originally Posted by jhowell
I suspect that this user interface change is designed primarily to cut down on support calls from Kindle users. Previously there was an “Update your Kindle” menu option that was grayed out when no update file was present on the device. They probably got lots of complaints about that button not working. The new UI appears to be more responsive to the user but in the end just does the same thing as the old one.
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That makes a lot of sense and I would agree this is likely the reason; a good idea with an unfortunately mediocre implementation. Let’s hope they won’t actually get an increase in support calls from people like me who just want to download the shiny new firmware
right now! 