K2 Grumble #1

JerryEF · 02-25-2009, 06:35 AM

My new Kindle arrived yesterday and, while generally impressed with it, they did do one thing that is (for me) a step backwards. Someone on the software team decided I didn't want to keep back copies of periodicals for more than 7 days - they decided wrong. I have several months of WSJ on my K1 and find it to be very useful. I find my self frequently going back to the day before, of, or after some event to see what the writers, editorialists, letter writers... were saying. This is sometime much more interesting given the passage of time. Sufficiently useful that I promote it as a major selling point of the Kindle to my peers. The ability to do text searches of the past copies is also a big bonus.

On the new K2, one must elect to KEEP each individual periodical - 7 manipulations of the new control button - each day or risk losing the paper. While not the end of the world, the K1 was better --- do nothing and it stayed there. Perhaps a better solution would have been to let each user elect how many days to keep rather then the arbitrary 7 days.

If JB's intention is to make the Kindle invisible to the user ... this addition has added a new process to my daily routine that is completely un-necessary

JerryEF · 02-25-2009, 08:08 AM

I should have made more of a point of this ---- I love this thing. I had one of the first K1's and loved it. I got one of the first K2s: It is definitely a great step forward. My Grumble is really a minor nit on an otherwise great product.

lilac_jive · 02-25-2009, 08:24 AM

That kind of stinks.

Ervserver · 02-25-2009, 10:58 AM

yea but you got a robot voice, seems like a fair trade

NavyDad6 · 02-25-2009, 11:09 AM

A decision prompted by the finite storage capacity of the K2.

JSWolf · 02-25-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally Posted by NavyDad6

A decision prompted by the finite storage capacity of the K2.

And a poor decision at that.

TheJohnNewton · 02-25-2009, 11:20 AM

When I heard about this I anticipated angry postings would show up in about oh.. seven days :-) You were a little early ;-) Is there anyway to turn off this auto-delete "feature?"

JSWolf · 02-25-2009, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by TheJohnNewton

When I heard about this I anticipated angry postings would show up in about oh.. seven days :-) You were a little early ;-) Is there anyway to turn off this auto-delete "feature?"

What I would do is actually give Amazon a call and talk to someone directly and if you don't get a satisfactory answer, ask to speak to a supervisor. This is your content that you paid good money for and you should have the right to decide when it gets deleted without having to keep telling your K2 to not delete it.

02-25-2009, 06:35 AM	#1
JerryEF Senior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 50 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: DellX51v / Amazon Kindle	K2 Grumble #1 My new Kindle arrived yesterday and, while generally impressed with it, they did do one thing that is (for me) a step backwards. Someone on the software team decided I didn't want to keep back copies of periodicals for more than 7 days - they decided wrong. I have several months of WSJ on my K1 and find it to be very useful. I find my self frequently going back to the day before, of, or after some event to see what the writers, editorialists, letter writers... were saying. This is sometime much more interesting given the passage of time. Sufficiently useful that I promote it as a major selling point of the Kindle to my peers. The ability to do text searches of the past copies is also a big bonus. On the new K2, one must elect to KEEP each individual periodical - 7 manipulations of the new control button - each day or risk losing the paper. While not the end of the world, the K1 was better --- do nothing and it stayed there. Perhaps a better solution would have been to let each user elect how many days to keep rather then the arbitrary 7 days. If JB's intention is to make the Kindle invisible to the user ... this addition has added a new process to my daily routine that is completely un-necessary

02-25-2009, 08:08 AM	#2
JerryEF Senior Member Posts: 10 Karma: 50 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: DellX51v / Amazon Kindle	I should have made more of a point of this ---- I love this thing. I had one of the first K1's and loved it. I got one of the first K2s: It is definitely a great step forward. My Grumble is really a minor nit on an otherwise great product.

02-25-2009, 08:24 AM	#3
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	That kind of stinks.

02-25-2009, 10:58 AM	#4
Ervserver Wizard Posts: 2,624 Karma: 1008294 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Nook Simple Touch	yea but you got a robot voice, seems like a fair trade

02-25-2009, 11:09 AM	#5
NavyDad6 Reading is FUNdamental Posts: 233 Karma: 1516 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: WA state Device: Kindle 2	A decision prompted by the finite storage capacity of the K2.

02-25-2009, 11:20 AM	#7
TheJohnNewton Addict Posts: 256 Karma: 144599 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Boox Nova 2	When I heard about this I anticipated angry postings would show up in about oh.. seven days :-) You were a little early ;-) Is there anyway to turn off this auto-delete "feature?"