Amazon's Kindle is an increasingly popular device for those who don't mind reading books electronically; with the device having its own book store, and now beginning to sell internationally, it doesn't have much competition. A new update brings some improvements, such as an 85% battery life increase.
As posted on Amazon's site, the update is for the newest Kindle, and features two main improvements which were developed over about 6 months of testing and re-evaluation of the current firmware. First of which, there is now a native .PDF reader, helping people to read documents of that format without having to convert them. The second improvement is, as mentioned, a massive 85 percent boost in battery life - this means that now the Kindle can remain powered on for a solid 7 days with wireless enabled, up from the previous 4, according to Amazon. If wireless is switched off, the Kindle's battery life remains at the previous level of "up to two weeks", apparently.
If you own a Kindle, it's probably a good idea to get this update, available over the air through the Whispernet updating service. Amazon noted that the .PDF functionality will be coming soon to older generation Kindles, all going well.
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