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I got a Kindle Touch, jailbreak isn't supported on it and they don't think they'll be able to do it anytime soon.
There's an entire wiki page on hacking the Kindle Touch. http://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kindle_Touch_Hacking It depends on your firmware version.
I have a Kobo Glo (one of the first ones) and it has been without doubt one of the best RoI's I've ever gotten on a piece of technology. It's light, has nice type, a decent battery, it's rubberised case is easy to grip and non-slip. It falls down epically on the store experience but since I side load with Calibre that makes not a jot of difference. The kindle I had before had an incredibly slick shopping experience b…
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What impact is that?
A bit of google will find https://kaiweber.wordpress.com/2010/05/31/ragged-right-or-ju... containing numerous links to academic papers showing lower test scores with right justification. I don't know if the author cherry picked only the articles favoring the authors opinion. (edited to add, also try googling for the topic and "Dyslexia" where the conclusions seem fairly non-controversial and realize dyslexia is a spe…
As for aesthetics, the reason for right justification in the first place is that when done correctly it looks nicer. Unfortunately it's hard to do correctly.
I sincerely doubt that there's a patent on left justified text, since that's the most obvious way to display text. I hope you were just kidding.
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While there are plenty of mediocre aspects of the Kindle ecosystem, there are plenty of excellent ones as well. For example: 1. Return policy. Amazon has the best ebook return policy in the business. It seems essentially the same as their physical book policy. The last time I checked, Google Play was next-best (7 days no-questions-asked, regardless of jurisdiction) and everyone else grudgingly had a return policy whe…
Eh, I use both the Nook and Kindle apps for my iPad -- daily -- and Nook is just as good. It's the hardware. If i wanted to buy an e-reader, i wouldn't want to invest in B&N hardware.
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Eh, I use both the Nook and Kindle apps for my iPad -- daily -- and Nook is just as good. It's the hardware. If i wanted to buy an e-reader, i wouldn't want to invest in B&N hardware.
What negatives have you found with B&N hardware? I have a Nook Simple Touch, and I've been very happy with it.
After having owned three kindles, I have switched to a kobo about a year ago. The kobo has many of its own problems, but it gets the reading experience right: it uses (very un-aggressive) hyphenation, and the lock screen displays the book cover. I miss going on Amazon, clicking some button, and immediately start reading a new book. Now that's a multi step process that involves a computer and a DRM removal tool. But t…
So is it reasonably easy for one to step out of the walled garden? I've considered buying one (Kobo) but I've read comments saying it constantly wants to connect to wifi (after a factory reset which sometimes is required because of buggy firmware) and transfering files without using the desktop software is nearly impossible. I just want to read PDFs, text files, possibly HTML with some light CSS. I'd like sync to tak…
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> The justification notion, I would argue that the typical user may not notice it as much as the hardcore reader. The fact of the matter is it impacts all readers, whether they recognize it or not, and there is a reason the printing industry generally doesn't do it.
I'm confused by this -- looking through my physical books now, I'm hard-pressed to find any that aren't fully justified.
To be fair, I find it much easier to fall asleep after using my Kindle Paperwhite than I do with an iPad. But, virtually every aspect of the Kindle ecosystem user experience is an experience in mediocrity. In some respects, I feel like the company is like what you'd get if you crossed the worst aspects of Microsoft and Google. (And apologies to my friends who work at Amazon, but let's be honest: you're all going to q…
Amazon seems like Microsoft but without the massive profits from cash cows (windows+office) to subsidize R&D.
They're very profitable, but reinvest almost all of their money.
http://ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2014/9/4/why-amazon-has-n...