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Here's what the Kindle screen looks like up close (really close)
Last week, Keith at BIT-101 used a USB-powered microscope to zoom in on the displays of a Kindle, an iPad, and three printed paper samples. Mainly he was just having fun with his new microscope toy, but the results were … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, Apple iOS, close-ups, comparisons, displays, eink, electronic ink, ipad, kindle, lcd, resolution, screens
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Geeky screensavers for your Kindle DX
A reader named Will posted a link in the Screens page to a handful of DX-friendly screensavers hosted over at Picasa. If you’ve read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, played Portal, or watched Futurama, you will likely be interested. … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon, free, futurama, hitchhiker, hypnotoad, kindle, portal, screens, screensavers
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Free Fourth of July screens for your Kindle
Fireworks, flags, and general summer grooviness. Grab these free July 4th themed screensaver images–there are 8 in all–in a zip file below, or jump over to the Free Screens section for others. Kindle Screensaver Images – July 4th Theme
Posted in free, Kindle 1, Kindle 2, screensavers
Tagged balloons, fireworks, fourth of july, free, holidays, independence, july 4th, kindle, screens, screensavers, summer
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How to re-install the screensaver hack on a Kindle running 2.5.2
Great news for those of you missing your old screensavers: a person over at Mobileread.com has repackaged those beloved hacks so that they work on the new 2.5.2 update. To get them, visit this thread on Mobileread and check out … Continue reading
Could this display lead to a full color Kindle in the future?
At CES 2010, Mirasol showed off a full color, video-capable screen that uses ambient light in the same way the Kindle’s current e-ink screen does. Could it be a contender for full color next-gen ebook devices? Continue reading
Some Christmas-themed screensavers
Because it’s that time of year, so why the heck not? (Remember, here’s how to add them to your own Kindle.)
Posted in holidays, photos, screensavers
Tagged christmas, decorations, free, holiday, kindle, ornaments, screens, screensavers, snowman, snowmen, stars, trees
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Fairy tale screens: “Hansel & Gretel” and “Rapunzel”
Here are a couple of Kindle screens I made using Wordle’s free word cloud web-app. To be honest, I’m still undecided about whether the cartoons add too much clutter, but I thought these two were fun regardless considering the subject … Continue reading
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Tagged Amazon Kindle, fairy tales, free drawings, gretel, grimm, hansel, hansel and gretel, kindle, rapunzel, screens, screensavers, sketches cartoons, wordle, wordle.net, words
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