Comments on: Kindle 3 Released

By: admin

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:10:08 +0000

Tim,

From what I understand, it would be possible to annotate PDFs in new Kindle 3.

Since this is purely software functionality I guess that these features will eventually make it to other Kindle models (with the exception of 1st generation Kindle).

I’ve ordered my Kindle 3 early so hopefully I’ll receive it around August 28th and would be able to do a hands on review then.

By: Tim Georgelas

Tim Georgelas — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:40:07 +0000

admin,
My daughter is in a PhD program and wants to use a Kindle that allows PDFs to be loaded and she would like to make annotations in the margins. From what I have read, this is not yet possible with the Kindle (any model). Is it possible to use a program to convert a pdf to another format that would then allow her to make margin annotations on a Kindle? Which model would be most versatile for her in these regards?

By: admin

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 20:10:45 +0000

Doug,

Kindle would surely display PDFs you are talking about. I would recommend using Kindle DX because Kindle doesn’t reflow text in PDF so having a larger screen will make it much easier to work with documents meant to be printed on a letter sized paper.

By: Julie

Julie — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 19:43:13 +0000

Hmm, that schematic is useful. Just reading the numbers didn’t give me an impression of how much smaller the body is. Interesting…

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:19:44 +0000

Great – thanks for the quick answer. So I can download any pdf from anywhere including my computer and read it on Kindle. I like that feature better because I read a lot of white papers and sales brochures in PDF form when I am travelling. So instead of reading them on my laptop or cut trees down, I’d rather take my kindle around and read stuff while travelling.

By: admin

admin — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 07:00:33 +0000

Doug,

assuming that Kindle 3 will get the same level of PDF support (and not more) than what’s present in Kindle DX Graphite, you should be able to download and view any PDF file without DRM copy protection or encryption/password protection.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 05:26:26 +0000

PDF support – what does that mean exactly? Can someone explain please. Does that mean I can download all and any sort of PDF documents that exist anywhere (other than the books that Amazon sells) and read them on the new Kindle? Doug.

By: Fernando

Fernando — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:40:04 +0000

It looks very nice. It would have been nice to have the new kindle dx with 3G+wifi but it doesn’t seem the case. Do you know if they will be changing that?

By: Vicky

Vicky — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:33:20 +0000

Thought you would like to know that it has been several days since your RSS feed has shown up on my Yahoo page. In order to read the blog, I have to access it directly.

By: Adam Sturm

Adam Sturm — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:36:59 +0000

The only small thing I find upsetting is that Amazon is not letting people who bought a Kindle on July 1st from Woot exchange it for the new model, even though Amazon owns Woot. This one day “deal” on Woot seemed good at the time, but now I have come to realize it was just a clever ploy for Amazon to dump 500 units of their now outdated model.

Either way, the new model is AMAZING and I’m very glad Amazon did not try to make it just like the iPad.

By: Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:51:56 +0000

Ah, I see the note for added font sets now. Nevermind!

By: Paul Goodwin

Paul Goodwin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 17:28:59 +0000

You’ve left a major feature out – Chinese and Cyrillic font support is in this device!