Kindle software update v4.1.0 ready for Kindle 4 No-Touch

 
New software update v4.1.0 for the Kindle Basic - No-Touch/No Keyboard today.

The Software v4.1.0 update for the $79/$109 No Touch Kindle (US)  is ready for download online as an option.  This is also the update for the UK model of the Kindle Basic, £89.

While the update is ready for manual download and install, it will be delivered automatically to your Kindle over WiFi if you prefer to wait for that.

If you'd rather get it sooner (it can take a couple of weeks sometimes), then follow the steps outlined at the download page to get it on your Kindle sooner.

Amazon's new features in this update (emphases mine):

• Improved reading font that is higher contrast and crisper so that you can enjoy a paper-like reading experience.
• Parental Controls that allow you to restrict access to the Experimental Web Browser, Archived Items, and the Kindle Store. *
• Support for books with complex layouts and formats with Kindle Format 8.
• Support for children's books with Kindle Text Pop-Up and comic books with Kindle Panel View (which allows you to read a comic book panel by panel). Books that support these features will be available in the Kindle store over the next few weeks.
• Dictionaries grouped into a collection in Home and Archived Items called "Dictionaries" for better organization.
• Improved table and image viewing (panning and zooming) on supported titles.

They don't specify, though, what "supported titles" are, how many are involved, the types of books, and whether that's decided by the publisher or by Amazon.

* Parental Control caution:
    When additional parental controls were added to the Kindle Fire in early May, I quoted a caution by "Old Rocker" at the Kindle Forums:

' Old Rocker Adds an interesting precaution
"I'm thinking that anyone who shares their [Kindle] may want to set up a parental control password [right away], but just allow everything in order to avoid a child or other user to accidentally turn on parental controls and set up a password, locking the owner out.  That happened to someone recently who posted about it on the forums." '

In fact it happened to many, so I took this advice and recommend that others do also.


For those who have been trying to decide on this basic model or another one:
  Remember that for this model, any searches for words, or any instructions needing typing such as location number or typing the first alpha character for a title look-up, will require use of an on-screen alphabetically-arranged keyboard-diagram pop-up, which is accessed via the front bottom controller button to "select" each character one by one.  It also has no audio and therefore no speakers :-), which further means no text-to-speech (TTS) but not many seem to use that feature.

However, it's only 6 oz's, is therefore very light and very small and may be fine for those who never plan to do regular searches or much keyboard input.  For some, size is very important, in snug purses, pockets, etc.  Truly portable even if not my own preference, as I use keyboards a lot for searches and the web.  The price is right too.

But, for those of you who already have the Kindle Basic No Touch, this update is fairly substantial. :-)

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US: Kindle Fire  7" tablet - $199 Kindle NoTouch ("Kindle") - $79/$109 Kindle Touch, WiFi - $99/$139 Kindle Touch, 3G/WiFi - $149/$189 Kindle Keybd 3G - $189, Free, slow web Kindle DX - $379, Free, slow web

UK: Kindle Basic, NoTouch - £89 Kindle Touch WiFi, UK - £109 Kindle Touch 3G/WiFi, UK - £169 Kindle Keyboard 3G, UK - £149   Keybd: w/ Free, slow 3G WEB

OTHER International Kindle NoTouch Basic - $109 Kindle Touch WiFi - $139 Kindle Touch 3G/WiFi - $189 Kindle Keybd 3G - $189   Keybd: w/ Free, slow 3G WEB

  For daily free ebooks, check the following links:

Temporarily-free books - Non-classics USA: by:    Publication Date      Bestselling   High-ratings UK: PubDate   Popular The Kindle Daily Deal What is 3G? and "WiFi"?       Battery Care Highly-rated under $1,  Newest: $1-$2, $2-$3

Most Popular Free K-Books U.S. & Int'l (NOT UK):    Top 100 free UK-Only:    Top 100 free USEFUL for your Kindle Keyboard(U.S. only, currently):   99c Notepad 1.1,   99c Calculator,   99c Calendar,   99c Converter

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Kindle software update v4.01 ready for Kindle 4 No-Touch

The Kindle No-Touch/No Keyboard $79-$109 Model is available right away and here's a software update for it already

Software v4.0.1 update for the Kindle 4 NoTouch/NoKeyboard model is already ready for download as an option.  What it does is allow you to have e-Ink refreshes on every page, as the default is to not have it refresh on each page.

  Both the Nook and Kobo Touch devices do not have e-Ink refreshes (aka black flash page-turn) on each page.  While that can be nice, others have found that the less frequent black flashes are more disconcerting when you're not used to seeing them (you can ignore something regular) and others did not like the dimming of the fonts that occurred with subsequent page turns.  So, now there will be an option.

  "After your Kindle is updated, it will have a new "Page Refresh" option within Kindle Settings for turning on/off page refresh on every page turn.

  I was not here last night and have not done info-pieces for the new e-Ink models, but will have those tomorrow.  In the meantime, all are pre-orderable but the other 2 new models are not available until Nov. 21 while this simple Kindle 4 with almost no features except WiFi, reading, lightness, is shipping.

 Any searches for words, or any instructions needing typing such as location number or typing the first alpha character for a title look-up, will require use of an on-screen keyboard-diagram via which you can use the front bottom controller to "select" each character one by one.  It also has no audio and therefore no speakers :-), which further means no text-to-speech (TTS) but not many seem to use that feature. Me? I'd pay the $20 additional and get the abiility to use other tools if/when I want.

However, it's only 6 oz's, is therefore very light and very small and may be good for those who never plan to do searches or much keyboard input. For some, size is very important, in snug purses, pockets, etc. Truly portable even if not my own preference.

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Check often: Temporarily-free late-listed non-classics or recently published ones
  Guide to finding Free Kindle books and Sources.  Top 100 free bestsellers.  Liked-books under $1
UK-Only: recently published non-classics, bestsellers, or £5 Max ones
    Also, UK customers should see the UK store's Top 100 free bestsellers.

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