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Old 05-02-2012, 11:48 AM
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Has anyone ever gotten a Kindle Touch update OTA? Supposedly Amazon pushes them out, but I've never been able to get it to work. I still have to take the old fashioned USB approach, which is kind of a pain given it's 2012.
I tweeted to you, but they release the over-the-air version about a week after they release the download version on the site. It should be available OTA by now.
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I tweeted to you, but they release the over-the-air version about a week after they release the download version on the site. It should be available OTA by now.
Yeah I saw your tweet. It didn't work for me on the first update. I waited weeks and weeks for it.
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Yeah I saw your tweet. It didn't work for me on the first update. I waited weeks and weeks for it.
My father-in-law bought one and the first thing it did when we turned it on and hooked it up to his account was install an update. Not sure what the deal is.

I have the non-touch, non-keyboard Kindle and it does not have an over-the-air install process. Only download.
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My father-in-law bought one and the first thing it did when we turned it on and hooked it up to his account was install an update. Not sure what the deal is.

I have the non-touch, non-keyboard Kindle and it does not have an over-the-air install process. Only download.
Weird. Maybe if I had signed out/in it would have helped. I didn't try that. Of course that seems like more of a pain than connecting an USB cable.
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May be worthwhile not being an early adopter of the new Nook...

http://gizmodo.com/5907053/you-reall...k-simple-touch
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May be worthwhile not being an early adopter of the new Nook...

http://gizmodo.com/5907053/you-reall...k-simple-touch
clumsy ******* breaks his device, complains that his broken device is broken. not too compelling
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clumsy ******* breaks his device, complains that his broken device is broken. not too compelling
Unless, of course, you're someone who might do something similar...
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Unless, of course, you're someone who might do something similar...
is the kindle or some other device more risilient?
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is the kindle or some other device more risilient?
Paperbacks can be dropped several stories without experiencing structural failure.
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Paperbacks can be dropped several stories without experiencing structural failure.
yeah, but you look kinda silly carting a pallet of books on the airplane with you.
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