Comments on: Kindle Software 2.3 (399380047)

By: Boris Kleynbok

Boris Kleynbok — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:53:01 +0000

When Amazon sent me a letter raving about 2.3 update I was really surprised.

Naitive PDF support seems like a nice feature to have.

Several weeks passed and 2.3 update yet to appear on my Kindle2.

The whole point of wireless e-book reader is that it updates automatically.

Is there something I am missing. Or Amazon trying to save money on bandwidth?

By: alldreams

alldreams — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:43:04 +0000

zooming doesn’t work,,poor PDF support

No ZooOOoOoming.
thanks amazon for this update.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:04:29 +0000

Just press the “Aa” key that opens menu to change font size and control text-to-speech. Rotation options will be there.

By: claudio

claudio — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:35:51 +0000

It is probably just a dumb question, but I can’t find any information on what keys I should use how to rotate Kindle 2.3

By: Tuzemec

Tuzemec — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:45:42 +0000

Yeah… the pdf feature is useless. Can’t even change the font size!
WTF is wrong with Amazon?!?

By: Al

Al — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:17:20 +0000

PDF feature for me is useless as the print is so small I would have to retrogress about 50 years to be able to use it.

By: Vernicht

Vernicht — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:56:07 +0000

If Amazon converter screws up PDF formatting, you can use a free tool that does the same:

Mobi pocket creator = converts PDF into MOBI files that are Kindle compatible:

http://www.mobipocket.com/en/DownloadSoft/ProductDetailsCreator.asp

I tested it, and it converts all text and images, but looses some formatting.

Other tools:

http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/E-book_conversion

By: HoOn

HoOn — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:23:41 +0000

I just tried reading a PDF on my US K2 by copying it via PC and it’s very light. You can hardly read the words. Am I doing something wrong? I like the rotation feature.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:13:10 +0000

Amazon converter does screw up PDF formatting.
However since K2 now supports PDF natively you can just copy the file into documents folder and it will display as is. You’ll not be able to change font size though.
If PDF is vital for you, Sony readers support it in a much better way.

By: Venky

Venky — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:08:55 +0000

I just got a new Kindle 2 and downloaded a PDF to it, however the PDF formatting has been screwed up after I ran it thru the free.amazon.com converter. Lines are wrapping unevenly. Any suggestions ?

By: Shuang

Shuang — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:55:56 +0000

I tried to manually upgrade my kindle 2(US). It failed in the middle of the upgrade (stage 1 of 2). I didn’t hack it. Does anyone have this problem? I even tried to set it to factory default, but it’s still not working…

By: Mike Smith - dominoconsultant

Mike Smith - dominoconsultant — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:29:21 +0000

I just updated my wife’s Kindle 2 Int.

The rotation looks pretty good and is easy to use.

The PDF support is going to be great with only one issue. Sometimes, when viewing a PDF it cuts off part-way through the text of a line.

I don’t have a feel for the battery life yet.

By: James R. Strickland

James R. Strickland — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:27:12 +0000

Doesn’t look like we first-gen Kindle owners are getting any of this though. Pity.
-JRS

By: Edge

Edge — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:28:42 +0000

I’ve recompiled the UFH using Georgia (for Serif, main reading) and Droid (for Sans and Mono, including Bold and Italic, for menus and title bars). There are updates for K2, K2i and KDX, that work with 2.3. Packages are signed so no pre-jailbreaking is required. Have fun, use at your own risk, and please post your results. More information, the BIN files, and screenshots can be found at http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=668959&postcount=41