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Hack let you convert encrypted Mobipocket files that were intended for another reader so that that work on Kindle.
The Kindle is already able to read more than just Amazon DRMed content, it can handle a number of formats.
DRM refers to the fact that you can't view Amazon Kindle books on other devices (including your computer), or on other Kindles - i.e. no sharing, the purpose of DRM.
The Kindle has a built in cell receiver so that you can wirelessly browse, preview and purchase books using one-click.
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RIM offers free PlayBooks to Android developers and slashes price to $200
Research in Motion is finding good uses for its stockpile of unsold BlackBerry PlayBook tablets. Yesterday, Alec Saunders, the company's VP of developer relations, announced on Twitter that any Android developer that submits an app by Feb. 13 will get a free BlackBerry PlayBook. This comes as RIM once again slashes the price of the PlayBook to help re-ignite interest in the tablet now that its ... ...
Amazon Kindle Fire 6.2.2 update offers bug fixes, full-screen browsing (video)
Amazon has released another software update for its Kindle Fire tablet that offers a number of bug fixes, improved performance, and new features. According to Amazon's support site, "This update enhances fluidity and performance, improves support for manually set up e-mail providers in the Email app, and offers a new full screen mode for viewing web pages." Users should get a notification on ... ...New Kindle Fire update rolling out now
Kindle Fire owners have been using firmware 6.2.1 for nearly a month now. Amazon changed that, however, with the new 6.2.2 update. It isn't nearly as significant as last month's UI-improving 6.2.1 update, but it's rolling out now nonetheless. This is a minor update for the Kindle Fire. In fact, the only notable change is [...] ...Kindle Fire updates to bigger browser, better e-mail
Version 6.2.2 of Amazon's Kindle Fire software offers a new full-screen mode for Web browsing, momentarily concealing navigation and bookmark buttons for an inch of increased screen real estate. (Credit: Donald Bell/CNET) Amazon's latest software update for the Kindle Fire tablet (version 6.2.2) is now officially available as a free, over-the-air update. Along with some general performance ... ...Kindle Touch gets new software version 5.0.3
It wasn't all that long that the Nook Simple Touch got a bit of freshening up thanks to some new code, and now it's the Kindle Touch's turn for an upgrade. Amazon has just released software version 5.0.3 for its newest e-reader that brings "general software improvements" to the device. We're not sure exactly what that means, but we do know the update will be delivered via WiFi in the next few ... ... ~O-O~
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