The good news is we now have confirmation that Amazon is about to release a new basic Kindle for 2024; the bad news is they’re basically just re-releasing the 2022 version with a few minor changes—typical Amazon. The new Kindle turned up for sale on a Spanish website last night and someone posted a screenshot […]
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2 New Kindles Getting Released Soon, According to FCC Filings
It looks like we now have confirmation that Amazon is about to release a couple of new Kindles for 2024. What appears to be two new Kindle models turned up on the FCC website earlier this week, product ID number 5698 and 5688. The FCC paperwork reveals very little information about the upcoming devices, but […]
Software Update Now Available for Kindle Scribe
Amazon has finally released the latest software update (well, the second latest, technically) for the Kindle Scribe, so now it’s running the same software version as other recent Kindles (except the 10th generation Kindle Oasis). The new software version is 5.16.21. About a month ago Amazon released the 5.16.21 software update for all 10th and […]
Amazon No Longer Removing Ads on Kindles for Free
For many years now it’s been known that you can get the advertisements removed for free on ad-supported Kindles simply by asking Amazon’s customer support to get rid of them, or complaining about the types of ads that are shown. But it looks like Amazon has changed their policy and they’re no longer removing ads […]
Kindle Scribe Requires 3rd Party Software to Transfer Files on Macs
Around this time last year Amazon updated the software on the Kindle Scribe, and they changed the USB protocol from USB mass storage to MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), which works fine with Windows computers but Mac computers don’t support MTP without using 3rd-party software. I often see people complaining about having problems with the Kindle […]
Software Update for Kindle Oasis 3 – Another Peculiar Update
Amazon has released yet another Kindle software update, and so far it’s only available for the 10th generation Kindle Oasis, which is rather odd. Amazon usually updates all 10th and 11th gen Kindles at the same time, and the Kindle Scribe is usually updated concurrently as well, but the Scribe was left out of the […]
The Kindle is Out of Stock Just About Everywhere
Here’s something that seems kind of interesting. The base Kindle, the latest model that was released in 2022, is currently unavailable to purchase new on Amazon, and it appears to be out of stock from most of Amazon’s international websites as well. What’s weird is the kids version of that very same Kindle appears to […]
Amazon Removing Kindle Flashcards Feature
Amazon has started sending out emails notifying customers about their plan to discontinue the Flashcards feature on Kindles. Apparently they’ve already started removing the Flashcards feature from Kindle apps, and they plan on doing away with Flashcards entirely in November of 2024. Users can request the flashcards associated with their account from this page at […]