Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Kindle software update

I got good news the other day - the software for the Kindle has been updated.  They also dropped the price of the Kindle DX to $350, and offer it in black.


Software updates to several things -

you can now create a "collection" of books.  One book can belong to multiple collections.  This is nice, I can now create a collection of books for each class.

PDF reading has been improved, it supports more magnifications, pan and scroll.

Comments can now be shared with facebook and twitter (who cares? I don't).

There are now more font sizes (and a new style) to make reading easier.

There are other little tweaks, but that's the big ones. 

One down-side?  When I highlight something and want to type a note, it's a much slower process before I can begin typing.  I have to hit a key, then wait for the window to pop up and the letter appear before I begin typing the full message.

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