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View Poll Results: Would you buy the new $114 Kindle with the bonus offers?
No, I don't want the ads, even if they are discounts. 238 78.29%
Yes, I like the lower price and special bargains. 66 21.71%
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Old 04-18-2011, 10:36 AM   #76
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I think hacking an ad supported kindle would really void your warranty. Amazon replaced a defective kindle for me with the screen saver and font hack; I don't think they'll be so generous with a hacked KSO.
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Old 04-18-2011, 03:22 PM   #77
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This is what happened to Hulu. When is started it was the greatest thing since sliced bread; watch your tv and you get like 2 commercials during the whole show and they are 7-10 seconds long.

Now you watch Hulu and there are almost as many commercial breaks as live tv, there are 2 commercials every break and they are around 19-23 seconds long, and you can't even fast forward. But the killer is they are too short to do anything (go to the bathroom/kitchen).

I bet Amazon has a similar plan.. throw a little animated gif in the middle of your book when you have been reading x amount of time. Not at first mind you, but after the ad versions have become popular. And let others pay for the ad-free versions (Hulu Plus).
Try Admuncher and your Hulu worries are over (and actually most other video ads).
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Old 07-24-2011, 03:38 PM   #78
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I'm from Ireland and going to the US next week. I was going to buy the Kindle from the US online store (the only way to buy a Kindle in Ireland), but I had a look at the BestBuy website and came across the Special Offers Kindle.

If I buy an SO Kindle in the US, would it still function properly once I brought it home to Ireland?
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I hate ads so much. And having them on a device that's supposed to be mine? No thank you. Although, I bet somebody can easily disable them with a hack.
Like me!
enable showing of hidden and archive folders (windows file settings), then go to your kindle's root. Find the new, and shady, ninja "system" folder. Delete that EVIL .assets folder. Make a new text document named x.TXT. The go up one level. Press SHIFT+Right Click on system. Click "open command window here" then type:
rename x.txt .assets Then set the resulting file as read-only. Your kindle will display "Please connect wirelessly to download the latest ads" YAY!!!
for reading

Also, that's about the closest thing Amazon has ever come (and who knows, probably ever will come) close to custom screensavers.
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