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You can also jailbreak most kindles. I picked up my first one a couple of weeks ago here in the UK and intentionally bought it from Argos (high street shop) rat

by esskay 1y ago

You can also jailbreak most kindles. I picked up my first one a couple of weeks ago here in the UK and intentionally bought it from Argos (high street shop) rather than Amazon so that I'd stand more of a chance of the installed firmware being slighly older as the jailbreak currently available was patched in the latest version (apparently it happens a lot, someone just finds a new way around it). Took about 20 minutes to have it jailbroken and KOReader installed, I can now wirelessly copy over books from Calibre on my Mac to the kindle and don't have to touch amazons storefront at all.

andrepd 1y ago
If you're going that route then perhaps pocketbook or kobo would be a better option.
- esskay 1y ago
  For the UK the Kindle's still the cheapest option at the moment. Mine was £94 here: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4079659 https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4079659 Searching around for the pocketbook it's not sold in the UK but on their German store the cheapest model looks to be the 'Basic Lux 4 Ink Black' for €109 so seems the most price comparable. The Kobo is more expensive though, the cheapest model is the Clara black & white edition and costs £129.99, at which point you may as well get a Kindle Paperwhite kids* as those are only £10 more. *All kindle kids editions are the same as the non-kid versions, but come with a case, charger and extended warranty, there are no hardware or firmware differences.
  - worble 1y ago
    The article links to https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/pocketbook-basic-lux-4-ink-black-6-8gb-wi-fi-e-reader-pb618-p-ww/version.asp https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/pocketbook-basic-lux-4-ink-b... for pocketbooks in the UK
    - esskay 1y ago
      ah completely missed that, thats a pretty decent price then! I wonder if they're just getting rid of stock as Pocketbook did pull out of the UK market a while back.
zikduruqe 1y ago
Shout out to my Winter Break family. :) https://kindlemodding.org https://kindlemodding.org
taco_emoji 1y ago
Should really do this on my and my wife's Kindles, we just have them in airplane mode all the time, using Calibre + USB to copy books over.

by esskay 1y ago

andrepd 1y ago

If you're going that route then perhaps pocketbook or kobo would be a better option.

esskay 1y ago
For the UK the Kindle's still the cheapest option at the moment. Mine was £94 here: https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4079659 https://www.argos.co.uk/product/4079659 Searching around for the pocketbook it's not sold in the UK but on their German store the cheapest model looks to be the 'Basic Lux 4 Ink Black' for €109 so seems the most price comparable. The Kobo is more expensive though, the cheapest model is the Clara black & white edition and costs £129.99, at which point you may as well get a Kindle Paperwhite kids* as those are only £10 more. *All kindle kids editions are the same as the non-kid versions, but come with a case, charger and extended warranty, there are no hardware or firmware differences.
- worble 1y ago
  The article links to https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/pocketbook-basic-lux-4-ink-black-6-8gb-wi-fi-e-reader-pb618-p-ww/version.asp https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/pocketbook-basic-lux-4-ink-b... for pocketbooks in the UK
  - esskay 1y ago
    ah completely missed that, thats a pretty decent price then! I wonder if they're just getting rid of stock as Pocketbook did pull out of the UK market a while back.

zikduruqe 1y ago

Shout out to my Winter Break family. :) https://kindlemodding.org https://kindlemodding.org

taco_emoji 1y ago

Should really do this on my and my wife's Kindles, we just have them in airplane mode all the time, using Calibre + USB to copy books over.