Comments on: Kindle 2 teardown reveals some surprising surprises

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:13:33 +0000

William We are all looking for these screens. Can you please inform us if you find a supplier

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 01:40:11 +0000

Thanks, William. Now, if I can just figure out how to get a screen as an OEM …

By: William

William — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:19:25 +0000

Prime View International makes the 9.7″ displays — they’re a Chinese company. They recently partnered with e-Ink from here in the USA. The display itself OEMs for around $60 US, but you may have difficulty getting it directly from e-Ink or PVI if you are not an original equipment manufacturer.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:46:14 +0000

I just wrote about needing a replacement screen for my K2 and forgot to switch the “notify me of any responses” box. Consider it switched.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:45:04 +0000

I dropped my K2 and cratered the screen! Ouch! Now I would like to replace it … rather than pay Amazon $200 for a new one. Any idea where to get a replacement screen?

By: bonkus

bonkus — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 14:03:49 +0000

AAAH THE HORROR! I’ve got a kindle in my hands right now and it’s crying (via Text to speech), shaking (maybe that’s me), and it’s poor screen has gone white from shock (or from an automatic update, I can’t tell)…. one way or the other, I feel for that poor dissected kindle…when are we going to stop taking out our savage curiosity on lesser beings! it’s not right!

And to post it on the internet! you should all hang your heads in shame, getting your jollies by peeking at the poor things circuits!

No wonder technology takes over and kills us all. It’s posts like this that will enevitably enrage skynet.

By: tnkgrl

tnkgrl — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 01:10:56 +0000

There’s indeed a missing SIM holder below the WWAN card – which means a GSM/UMTS version of the Kindle is planned!

But that’s a standard mini-PCIe WWAN (EVDO) card – beyond adding the SIM holder, you’d just have to swap the EVDO card for EDGE/HSDPA card. Then you’s have to hack the firmware to use the card – that’s the hard part

But I wonder – perhaps one could scope the AT commands being sent to the EVDO card, then insert the card into a PC and send the same AT commands for unlimited (free) data…

By: JustAGuy

JustAGuy — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:24 +0000

I just took my SIM card out of my phone and held it up to the picture, and the contacts SEEM to be in the right place to me, and I think I see six of them… Maybe you need a new prescription….That would be where the SIM card would lay on top of, so it is mirrored to an actual SIM card, unless the card was part of the board itself, but I don’t think that seems likely or intelligent

By: TheKingBoar

TheKingBoar — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:57:25 +0000

I posted this on engadget too, but I seriously doubt that’s a SIM card outline. For one, SIM cards have 6 contacts not 3. The contacts here are also on the wrong side of the card, and it looks (could just be the angle though) too fat to be a SIM card.

By: SwissFreek

SwissFreek — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:33:46 +0000

Why are we surprised that the display retains its image even when disconnected from the battery? That’s the entire reason-for-being of e-paper.

By: paragoncasino

paragoncasino — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:23:34 +0000

yeah, I was thinking about it

By: rick

rick — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:08:19 +0000

Old news.

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 13:47:49 +0000

Cool! Very useful info.