Kindle 3.1 update

[Rico]

Amazon has released the 3.1 update for their Kindle reader.  It adds real page numbers, social networking features and more.  See article below...

On Monday, Amazon released a preview version of firmware 3.1 to Kindle owners. The update includes a number of new features: real page numbers, notes that can be publicly shared, a new view for periodicals, more social-networking options, and more. The update isn't being pushed to Kindle owners for over-the-air downloads yet, but it can be easily installed via USB.

We installed the update and took a tour through the new features, so hit the slideshow to see what Kindle firmware 3.1 looks like.

The real page numbers feature is the most exciting, even though it's only a small change. Before this version, page numbers on the Kindle would re-flow based on the size of the text, and the pages often numbered in the thousands thanks to the smaller-than-hardback page size and the frequently larger text. That made it impossible to tell someone else what page you were reading, or where to look for something, because your page numbers only made sense on your particular device....

source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2379652,00.asp

Kindle update:  http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_navbox_top_kindlelg?nodeId=200529700