The new Kindle 5 (the Paperwhite) has no keyboard, a faster refresh rate, and a backlight that can be turned on in dark conditions. That hack required cables, and only worked on the old Kindle 3 (the version with the keyboard), not any later versions – plus, it looked a bit odd because to keep the screen in landscape mode you had to turn the whole assembly on its side, so the keyboard was rotated by 90 degrees. We featured the original Kindleberry Pi hack from Ponnuki back in September.
I’m waiting until the inevitable moment when I drop my Kindle Touch and break the screen I’m currently on my third.) If you did, you might be interested to learn that when you’re not using it to read books or jailbreaking it so you can change the wallpaper, you can use your Paperwhite as a wireless, ultra low-power display for your Raspberry Pi. Did you get a nice shiny new Paperwhite Kindle to replace your old one? (I haven’t yet.
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