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Old 07-27-2011, 09:11 PM   #16
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The big question is, why won't Amazon at least give us some choices?

I think the screensaver issue is hurting the product. Enough people have now seen those tiresome author sketches that they're associated with the Amazon brand.
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Old 07-28-2011, 12:18 AM   #17
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Seriously, this has gone on since the first kindle. Would it kill amazon to give us screensavers that aren't eyesores? No other company with a leading product inflict such ocular insult on its customers.

I got my kindle 3 replaced due to a defect and I'm stuck with fw 3.2.1 for which there's no JB. Egads. I'm guessing half of people who JB just want to not have to look at the random horrid screensavers.

Or they could just let us put in own screensavers. Good grief, even apple lets you do that.
1. I think they're ok. they're not horrible.
2. there is a jailbreak for 3.2.1
3. yes i wish they would let us customise our screensavers
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Old 07-28-2011, 12:21 AM   #18
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I like the literary Kindle screensavers, although it would be nice if Amazon let us use our own pictures without having to jailbreak the device.
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Old 07-28-2011, 04:02 AM   #19
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I wish that they were more consistent. I don't mind the author ones too much, although I would like it if there were more, but I hate the fish one, and the i dislike the book of kells(or whatever it is) one and the Greek thing, as they are not consistent. I jailbroke my last one and put on 10+ xkcd strips(resized, with a few panes moved to fit).
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Old 07-28-2011, 04:15 AM   #20
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Call me old fashioned but when I switch mine off, I put it away in it's slip case and I don't see it again until I take it out of the slip case to read. So I don't see the "off screen" anyway.

If I was that bothered, I'd switch off using a long slide - then the screen goes totally blank.
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Old 07-28-2011, 06:36 AM   #21
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Enough people have now seen those tiresome author sketches that they're associated with the Amazon brand.
Author sketches??? I thought they were VPs at Amazon.
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Old 07-28-2011, 07:54 AM   #22
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I think the screensaver issue is hurting the product. Enough people have now seen those tiresome author sketches that they're associated with the Amazon brand.
Oh yea... it's just killing their sales.
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Old 07-28-2011, 09:17 AM   #23
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I would like an ease (non-hack) way of changing the
screen saver, but truthfully I never really look at them.
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Old 07-28-2011, 02:49 PM   #24
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The screensaver issue is the only reason I jailbroke my Kindle. Come on Amazon and allow us to use custom screensavers like most of the other ebook readers do!
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Old 07-29-2011, 01:38 AM   #25
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I like the kindle screensavers and I absolutely love some of them, (the James Joyce one, for instance). They are very artistic!
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Old 07-29-2011, 02:35 AM   #26
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Custom screensavers would definitely be nice .

All sorts of interesting possibilities come to mind . Like subscribing to PB Magazine , and getting a new screensaver from them every week !

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Old 07-29-2011, 07:49 AM   #27
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be nice to have the option of the screen saver being the cover of your current book too
That is what Kobo does. I like the Kindle screen savers, but it's also nice to see the cover of the book you're reading - makes it feel a bit more like a 'real book'
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I thought I didn't mind the screensavers THAT much until I opened the cover and Alexandre Dumas jumped in my face and freaked me out
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Old 07-29-2011, 10:40 AM   #29
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I like the authors rather than ADs at all...
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Oh well...if I had the choice, I definiely would change the screensaver pictures. But they do not disturb me and since the kindle is usually in its case and I usually don't look at the screen in sleep mode more than a few second before I switch it on. So I don't really bother.

The kindle is a very good device and the screensaver surely doesn't diminish that.
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