From Andrys Basten’s A Kindle World Blog. More details in the article.
New software update v4.1.0 for the Kindle Basic – No-Touch/No Keyboard today.
The Software v4.1.0 update for the $79/$109 No Touch Kindle (US) is ready for download online as an option. This is also the update for the UK model of the Kindle Basic, £89.
While the update is ready for manual download and install, it will be delivered automatically to your Kindle over WiFi if you prefer to wait for that.
If you’d rather get it sooner (it can take a couple of weeks sometimes), then follow the steps outlined at the download page to get it on your Kindle sooner.
Amazon’s new features in this update (emphases mine):
- Improved reading font that is higher contrast and crisper so that you can enjoy a paper-like reading experience.
- Parental Controls that allow you to restrict access to the Experimental Web Browser, Archived Items, and the Kindle Store. *
- Support for books with complex layouts and formats with Kindle Format 8.
- Support for children’s books with Kindle Text Pop-Up and comic books with Kindle Panel View (which allows you to read a comic book panel by panel). Books that support these features will be available in the Kindle store over the next few weeks.
- Dictionaries grouped into a collection in Home and Archived Items called “Dictionaries” for better organization.
- Improved table and image viewing (panning and zooming) on supported titles.
They don’t specify, though, what “supported titles” are, how many are involved, the types of books, and whether that’s decided by the publisher or by Amazon.
Nice to see the updates, but have they stopped all delopment on the Kindle Keyboard (3rd generation)?
I think the thing is near perfect, but I like the sound of a font that is even crisper.