http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/ Engadget Comments for Kindle 2.3 software update available, generation 1 owners need not apply http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 6:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 6:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 6:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Take your time, the nook is sold out for a while as reported earlier.
]]>Nov 25th 2009 6:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/So yeah no commiseration for those suckers who bought a piece of amazon plastic ]]>Nov 25th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Some of us stupid people like to, ya'know, pay for stuff and get it legally :-/]]>Nov 25th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
It's not just the content. The device itself is pretty awesome and makes it way easier to read than whatever you're reading your pirated PDFs on.]]>Nov 25th 2009 8:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 7:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 8:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 26th 2009 5:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
It'd be a nice gesture after the whole book deletion fiasco.]]>Nov 25th 2009 7:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
Then you aren't listening.]]>Nov 25th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/"And if u so dam ethnical"

Ethnical??? hahahaha...*downrank*]]>Nov 25th 2009 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
The point is Amazon (and other ebook reader vendors - PlasticLogic for one) are making a big push for enterprise adoption of this technology. However, none of them are implementing any sort of security on the devices, from PDF password protection to device password access to remote wipe capabilities. Until that happens, virtually no enterprise will use these devices b/c the risk of lost data is just ridiculously high.

Also, I have yet to read a review of any ebook reader on any blog which even remotely touches on the security capabilities of these devices. An article on PlasticLogic's ebook reader w/o information on its security features is worthless...same for an article on the Kindle DX. Tighten up Engadget.]]>Nov 25th 2009 12:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
Enterprise adoption? Really? I have not seen Amazon with a "big" push for enterprise adoption. If enough people demand the ability to open password protected pdfs then I'm sure Amazon will implement it. Obviously, it has not been a huge demand so Amazon has not implemented it.]]>Nov 25th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/

Still wont be able to use the wireless with the first gen one in Canada, but if the price is right...]]>Nov 25th 2009 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/I uploaded a 1000+ page PDF (Python book) on my newly flashed Kindle 2 with no issue. Yes, having no zoom is a real kicker but being able to rotate the PDF horizontal makes the PDF usable and readable.]]>Nov 25th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 12:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 12:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 1:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 2:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/this guy is pure comedy!]]>Nov 25th 2009 3:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 25th 2009 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/
...Instead, they reported that it was deleted and made it seem like you CAN'T store backups of books wherever you like.

So here again, they neglect to mention the fact that PDF support comes with a new feature that allowed screen rotation, becausee-book font-size changes on PDFs would destroy their formatting.

It should also be noted that technically, the Kindle doesn't "zoom" ANYTHING, no matter what the format is; It allows you to change the font size in everything that has open formatting. PDFs do not, so changing their font size would make them even less readable if you care about things like paragraphs, page numbers, and page breaks. What's more, Adobe's not known for letting companies do much with PDF documents aside from display them as-is, so blaming Amazon for the lack of font resizing is a bit unfair.]]>Nov 26th 2009 12:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/While Adobe invented the format and it was proprietary for a long time, it has been an open format since 2008.

Per wikipedia: Formerly a proprietary format, PDF was officially released as an open standard on July 1, 2008, and published by the International Organization for Standardization as ISO/IEC 32000-1:2008.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format]]>Nov 29th 2009 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/Nov 26th 2009 5:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/25/kindle-2-3-software-update-available-generation-1-owners-need-n/No ZoOoOoOoming..
nO zOoOooOoOming,,]]>Dec 18th 2009 5:21AM