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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by joshstrange on Thursday October 01, 2026 @12:54PM (#49924148)
Bluetooth page turner is nice but at this point I have zero interest in a Kindle unless I can load KOReader on it. I might buy one of these if they go on a sale and leave it in a drawer until it's jailbroken. I love my PW5 (jailbroken) but I'd buy a Kobo if they had a 7" screen (Clara) since that's easier to get KOReader on.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by qingcharles on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:55AM (#49950760)
$35 for that page turner is insane. I assume you can buy the same thing on Aliexpress for a dollar.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by paradox460 on Sunday October 04, 2026 @12:43PM (#49955478)
Koreader has a number of plugins for Bluetooth support on various devices, and you can buy cheap "tiktok remotes" for a few bucks that work with them

I got a "tiktok ring" that I use to read in bed, and it's fantastic

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by cma on Sunday October 04, 2026 @10:02PM (#49959905)
When reading on Kindle for Android on a plane etc. I use Wear Mouse to do it from my watch. I'm not sure if it can pair to kindle devices though.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by esperent on Sunday October 04, 2026 @10:33AM (#49954284)
Years ago I had a kobo and put kohreader on it. But I left it on a bus and got a kindle Paperwhite as a replacement. I definitely regret that and second this comment: kohreader is such a superior experience. I'll never again get an ereader that can't run it.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by wolvoleo on Sunday October 04, 2026 @02:52PM (#49956699)
If it's a years old paperwhite I'm sure you can run it :). Only the latest model is difficult.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by esperent on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:42AM (#49960752)
Maybe you're right. It definitely wasn't possible a couple of years ago but I'll look into it again, thanks.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by mhast on Monday October 05, 2026 @08:39AM (#49964078)
There was a new jailbreak released quite recently which was quite painless to go through. IIRC it's called Sanctuary.

The only problem is if your device is connected to wifi and has updated to new firmware.

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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by esperent on Monday October 05, 2026 @12:42PM (#49967198)
My Kindle has never connected to the internet. Thanks for the info, I'll look into it.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by rpdillon on Sunday October 04, 2026 @10:58AM (#49954468)
Yeah, they're adding all this functionality to the hardware, as though that's the reason that I'm not using Kindle. Now that they've locked down the ecosystem, I only pay for DRM free books.
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by wolvoleo on Sunday October 04, 2026 @02:53PM (#49956710)
They should have really added hardware buttons on the device. That would make me buy them (though I'd still jailbreak as soon as I can).
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Re:Amazon introduces a redesigned Kindle family by wolvoleo on Sunday October 04, 2026 @02:51PM (#49956695)
You can load KOReader on most of them. Just not the latest ones. I run it on all of mine. Even have page sync back now with Kavita that supports opds sync.
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