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Kenneth_irl · 02-24-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by manou

Did you have a look at the Sky Dragon or the Da Vinci design. I bought the Sky Dragon as a Christmas pressie for Mr Manou (he has a Kindle DX) and he loves it.

Yep, I remember that I saw the Sky Dragon and it's definitely is the coolest of the bunch, I think.

wyndslash · 02-24-2011, 06:42 PM

i think i would seriously fall in love with a cover that had watercolor art.

Kenneth_irl · 02-24-2011, 07:47 PM

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Originally Posted by wyndslash

i think i would seriously fall in love with a cover that had watercolor art.

Ah, indeed. Watercolour can be a very pretty/fasinating art form, abstract or otherwise.

I found this on google:

He looks a bit sad, doesn't he ?

This one is cool.

I like animals.

wyndslash · 02-24-2011, 08:28 PM

yes, very nice

Trilby · 02-25-2011, 06:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl

Very sexy. It seems many of Oberon's designs have a female or medieval setting, though. If I was a girl I would probably fall in love with most of them. Hehe.

Would be cool if they made some more boyish, badass and modern designs. But I realized that it's probably a question about what their style is, of course.

Cheers

I think the Wolf cover is awesome and I assume most guys would like that one. A lot of their designs are based on how well the leather will take the design and color. They had problems with some so that they discontinued them.

Groucho54 · 02-25-2011, 06:34 AM

A cover made with photoelectric cells as the cover to create it's own light and charge the kindle would be good...

Gosh another fortune handed out like confetti

wyndslash · 02-25-2011, 08:37 AM

does anyone here own a moleskine kindle cover?

amazon has it, but it's out of stock, or i guess marketplace people are selling used ones

txoof · 02-26-2011, 02:11 AM

I finally finished my DIY Lighted cover hack; check it out over here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=119188

kindlekitten · 02-26-2011, 09:37 AM

quite a project!

ApK · 02-26-2011, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

Hmm. In the few weeks I've had mine, I've been using it, so I can't say for sure.
I have noticed it needing a charge a few time when I didn't expect it, but I attributed it to my regular use of wireless.

I'll have to monitor this and see. This would be disappointing.

ApK

I know it's only been a few days, but it just occured to me that I'm not going let me Kindle sit unused for a week to test this.

So after a few days with little use, and no light or wireless use at all, I show one thin sliver down on the battery indicator. As the indicator was full, but not freshly topped off when I started observing, that seems fairly reasonable. So for me, no sign so far of excessive drain just for keeping the Kindle in the lighted cover. Whew!
I'll keep an eye on it in any case. (No pun intended.)

ApK

wyndslash · 02-26-2011, 09:52 PM

@apk: nice! so your kindle was simply in sleep mode?

txoof · 02-27-2011, 02:32 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

I know it's only been a few days, but it just occured to me that I'm not going let me Kindle sit unused for a week to test this.

So after a few days with little use, and no light or wireless use at all, I show one thin sliver down on the battery indicator. As the indicator was full, but not freshly topped off when I started observing, that seems fairly reasonable. So for me, no sign so far of excessive drain just for keeping the Kindle in the lighted cover. Whew!
I'll keep an eye on it in any case. (No pun intended.)

ApK

From my experience, when the kindle is in its sleep mode (displaying a dead author), there is no voltage over the clips. As far as I can tell with my equipment, the light drains exactly no power when not in use. Additionally, there appears to be some sort of physical switch that is engaged when the light is pulled out from the cover. If this switch is open, it is unlikely that the cover is drawing any power unless there is a short somewhere. However, if there was a short, the lights wouldn't work and your kindle's battery would be drained completely in short order.
The battery will normally lose charge over time when sitting unused, that is to be expected of most rechargeable lithium batteries.
The only way to be 100% sure would be to pop a logging amp-meter between the load (light) and the power (kindle) and let is sit for a few days. But that is a little excessive given what can be observed from the design of the cover and the voltage over the clips when the device is off.

Heather56 · 02-27-2011, 06:21 PM

I was wondering if anyone had found any more modern designs similar to the kate spade ones, without the hooks though. A lot of people were having problems with the hooks in the kate spade ones damaging their kindle, so I opted not to get one.

manou · 02-27-2011, 08:20 PM

I made some 'Kate Spade inspired' covers and sleeves. The Kindle is hold with straps in the cover. Have a look in my Etsy shop

Heather56 · 02-27-2011, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by manou

I made some 'Kate Spade inspired' covers and sleeves. The Kindle is hold with straps in the cover. Have a look in my Etsy shop

Wow I really like the newspaper print one! Is it a fairly sturdy cover?

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02-24-2011, 06:42 PM	#302
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	i think i would seriously fall in love with a cover that had watercolor art.

02-24-2011, 08:28 PM	#304
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	yes, very nice

02-25-2011, 06:34 AM	#306
Groucho54 Feckless e-jit Posts: 7 Karma: 39 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Cyprus Device: Kindle	A cover made with photoelectric cells as the cover to create it's own light and charge the kindle would be good... Gosh another fortune handed out like confetti

02-25-2011, 08:37 AM	#307
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	does anyone here own a moleskine kindle cover? amazon has it, but it's out of stock, or i guess marketplace people are selling used ones

02-26-2011, 02:11 AM	#308
txoof Member Posts: 20 Karma: 2600 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3	I finally finished my DIY Lighted cover hack; check it out over here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=119188

02-26-2011, 09:37 AM	#309
kindlekitten Professional Adventuress Posts: 13,368 Karma: 50260224 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Olympic Peninsula on the OTHER Washington! (the big green clean one on the west coast!) Device: Kindle, the original! Times Two! and gifting an International Kindle	quite a project!

02-26-2011, 09:52 PM	#311
wyndslash Wizard Posts: 2,951 Karma: 3000001 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: Kindle 3 wifi, Kindle Fire	@apk: nice! so your kindle was simply in sleep mode?

02-27-2011, 06:21 PM	#313
Heather56 Member Posts: 17 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kindle 3 3G + Wi-Fi	I was wondering if anyone had found any more modern designs similar to the kate spade ones, without the hooks though. A lot of people were having problems with the hooks in the kate spade ones damaging their kindle, so I opted not to get one.

02-27-2011, 08:20 PM	#314
manou Grand Seamstress Posts: 64 Karma: 1001374 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hong Kong Device: Kindle Keyboard 3G, iPhone, iPad	I made some 'Kate Spade inspired' covers and sleeves. The Kindle is hold with straps in the cover. Have a look in my Etsy shop