Eink Refresh frequency

[zxczxc]

Originally Posted by Smartie

Btw,why I never saw white k3? Does anyone have it?

i have it white k3s were a color choice when you got a wifi+3g model, only sold in america (pretty sure).
i wanted it white, but i'm not sure if i would like a white paperwhite more...

ideally i wouldn't want to notice the black case, i think the white case fits in better with the eink screen.

[BookCat]

I think black, by contrast, makes the screen appear brighter.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rcentros

They've been on Craigslist here. Not as common as the black ones, I don't think. They also sell them on eBay ...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Amazon-Kindl...item1e8d397710

You have to be very careful buying a used Kindle from anyplace other then Amazon. The problem is a lot of the used Kindles are being sold because they've been blacklisted and that means you'll never be able to register them with Amazon. So there goes the Amazon ecosystem down the toilet. You won't know it's blacklisted until after you get it. So if you do buy a used Kindle, pay for it using a credit card via PayPal so you can go back to PayPal or the credit card company to get your money back.

[HarryT]

You can check whether or not it's blacklisted. Ask the seller for the serial number, and Amazon will then tell you if that serial number is blacklisted.

[Barty]

I have a paperwhite but set it to refresh every page. I prefer consistency over being jarred every few pages.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Barty

I have a paperwhite but set it to refresh every page. I prefer consistency over being jarred every few pages.

I'm not using a T1 with the modified reader app where I can set how many page turns before the flash. One thing it does besides flashing every page turn is extend the life of the battery between charges as the flash with the page turn takes twice as much power as just the page turn.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

You have to be very careful buying a used Kindle from anyplace other then Amazon. The problem is a lot of the used Kindles are being sold because they've been blacklisted and that means you'll never be able to register them with Amazon.

My brother and have bought a total of about 12 used Kindles on eBay and Craigslist -- so far only one was blacklisted. A Kindle 3 I bought form a pawnshop for $5. I got hold of Amazon, thinking they might want to restore the Kindle to its owner, but their only suggestion was that I take it back to the pawnshop for a refund. It doesn't hurt to ask when buying. When I sell Kindles on eBay I specifically state that they can be registered. A lot of other people (probably the majority) who sell Kindles on eBay make this clear also. You can also find Kindles on eBay that are specifically described as blacklisted, which to me are about useless.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by rcentros

You can also find Kindles on eBay that are specifically described as blacklisted, which to me are about useless.

Depends how you access your content. I manage my ebook library in Calibre, sideload all my content, and don't use collections, so personally I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest by a blacklisted device (other than the moral principle of buying a device which may well have been stolen, of course).

[meeera]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Depends how you access your content. I manage my ebook library in Calibre, sideload all my content, and don't use collections, so personally I wouldn't be bothered in the slightest by a blacklisted device (other than the moral principle of buying a device which may well have been stolen, of course).

I think there are other issues with a blacklisted Kindle, like inability to sync the time affecting the device in other ways (can't get the time so can't sort by recently read book, that sort of thing).

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by meeera

I think there are other issues with a blacklisted Kindle, like inability to sync the time affecting the device in other ways (can't get the time so can't sort by recently read book, that sort of thing).

There are indeed, but again I only ever sort by author, so it wouldn't bother me.

I wouldn't pay real money for a blacklisted Kindle, but I'd happily buy one for a few pounds from a pawn shop or a car boot sale, provided I knew that it had a "reputable" origin.

[eschwartz]

There is also a KUAL button to set the time from public time servers, bypassing Amazon.

It was meant to go with the BBB (Block Big Brother) filter that adds firewalls to block Amazon completely (for the tinfoil hat crowd ).