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Old 04-27-2008, 10:36 PM   #16
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Speaking of the treasures, have you been able to get the pseudo GPS to work? I can't, on mine, and I'm not sure if a) I'm doing it wrong, or b) I live in an area that's not covered by enough "towers" to triangulate or c)that's no longer possible with the Kindle.
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Old 04-27-2008, 10:37 PM   #17
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I renamed the User's Guide .azw file to .prc so I could read it on my PC with Mobipocket Reader. Worked just fine. I *think* that the .mbp file is a side file with your current position & maybe some other control/usage information.
Yes, that makes sense. Thanks!
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Old 04-28-2008, 12:07 AM   #18
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Speaking of the treasures, have you been able to get the pseudo GPS to work? I can't, on mine, and I'm not sure if a) I'm doing it wrong, or b) I live in an area that's not covered by enough "towers" to triangulate or c)that's no longer possible with the Kindle.
Yep - since I'm out in the hinterlands, there's only one tower near me (about 4 miles away) and it shows the location of that tower clearly.
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Old 04-28-2008, 06:59 PM   #19
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Speaking of the treasures, have you been able to get the pseudo GPS to work? I can't, on mine, and I'm not sure if a) I'm doing it wrong, or b) I live in an area that's not covered by enough "towers" to triangulate or c)that's no longer possible with the Kindle.
I've noticed it tends to do better if you leave it on and move around ( a few city blocks worth of moving) as that seems to give it a better change to triangulate you.
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Old 04-29-2008, 07:24 AM   #20
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I've noticed it tends to do better if you leave it on and move around ( a few city blocks worth of moving) as that seems to give it a better change to triangulate you.
wait... you have 1.0.8 and you seem to have the GPS display working? It never worked before.

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Old 04-29-2008, 07:27 AM   #21
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wait... you have 1.0.8 and you seem to have the GPS display working? It never worked before.

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It worked for me (once or twice).
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Old 04-29-2008, 07:30 AM   #22
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I forgot to mention that I looked through the new manual and didn't see any new features. Thanks, everyone, for posting a copy.
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Old 04-29-2008, 07:40 AM   #23
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wait... you have 1.0.8 and you seem to have the GPS display working? It never worked before.

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I've seen mine work from time to time
(not that I really try it much, I have better GPS solutions available to me)
But I do get the "Not Available, Not Available" too...
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Old 04-29-2008, 10:34 AM   #24
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1.0.8 on mine as well. received it in mid april.
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Old 05-30-2008, 05:22 PM   #25
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I just went to the amazon website and here is what I found and here is the link.

"To check the software version installed on your Kindle:

Set your Kindle power switch to the "ON" position.


Press the Home key and then select "Settings" from the Home menu.


View the version listed at the bottom of the Settings screen. The version listed should be "Kindle 1.0.4 (144750018)" or "Kindle 1.0.8 (164820023).""

I also just found this.

The current version of your Kindle software is listed in your Kindle settings. If you see version 1.0.4 or 1.0.8 listed, you have the most recent software version. (There is no difference between these software versions.)



http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...226050&#verify
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Old 05-30-2008, 05:45 PM   #26
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The current version of your Kindle software is listed in your Kindle settings. If you see version 1.0.4 or 1.0.8 listed, you have the most recent software version. (There is no difference between these software versions.)
Except the version number! DoH!

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Old 05-30-2008, 06:28 PM   #27
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Except the version number! DoH!

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they should have said, no functional difference. I think there is a different hardware part in the newer readers that required the change in firmware. Likely just a vendor change or something minor.

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Old 05-31-2008, 12:35 AM   #28
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The Mrs swears since the update she has more screen savers than before
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Old 05-31-2008, 08:18 AM   #29
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Mine is scheduled to arrive Monday, I'll post the firmware when it gets here. Based on what I've read on these forums and elsewhere, I'm pretty excited about this device
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Screen savers? Why do you need screen savers on an eInk device? It doesn't suffer "burn in" like a CRT does!
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