Well. If you didn’t even know that Kindle has a MineSweep game, then… You do now! Kindle comes with a bunch of hidden features that for some reason were not disclosed by Amazon. To get access to Mine Sweeper, hold your left alt + the button right above it + “M”. Make sure you do this when you are in your home area. So here are the instructions:

Key I: Move Up, Key J: Move left, Key K: Move Down, Key L: Move Right.

You can also use alt to go from columns to rows and so forth. To mark you can use the Key “M,” duh? Finally, to uncover mines, use space.

It’s very entertaining for what it is. I personally don’t get two excited about these games but believe me. When you are waiting for an appointment, interview, or whatever, this could help ease you through the process.

So should you turn your Kindle off when you are done reading or will putting to sleep enough? That’s the main question I have heard from a few Kindlers. I think it really depends on what you do with your Kindle. I used to be heavy Kindle user, and usually put my Kindle in sleep mode when I was done reading. Obviously, you want to turn the wireless connection off to enjoy more battery life, but if you use Kindle a lot, I don’t a whole lot of point in turning it off and on all the time.

Now if you only use your Kindle once a day or maybe every other day, then you may want to turn it off. Believe me, some Kindle owners use their Kindles less frequently than others. I used to be a hardcore Kindle user, but a lot of books that I read are not on Kindle yet, and I couldn’t find any PDF versions of them (we are talking about technical computer books here). So for me, it makes sense to turn it off in order to get more battery life for Kindle. (more…)

The quick answer is yes. But there is a limit as far as how many times you can share the same content with another Kindle (physically, using a memory card for example) registered under the same account. The limit seems to be 6 times at this point. In other words, you can’t keep putting it one and deleting content and expect them to work. Of course, you can download content for an unlimited number of times, which is another story.