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By holding "shift" and right mouse click on a folder, you will get the "Open command window here" entry in the pop-up menu.

The power slider on the Kindle Keyboard actually does 3 things. It's not just only for switching the Kindle to screensaver. These are the 3 functionality of the power slider: Standby This is the normal function whenever you slide the slider and the screensaver appears. Switch off Hold the power slider for 7 seconds. Restart / Reset (The same function of "restart" found in the settings menu) Hold the power slider for 15 seconds. Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".

A list of keyboard shortcuts for Kindle Keyboard. Kindle 3 Keyboard. Click to See a Bigger Picture. Some keyboard shortcuts are only available on specific screen. The titles below indicate the screen modes. Go to  Amazon Kindle Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet  to download a single page printable friendly shortcuts cheat sheet. Global (works in all screens / modes) Numbers from 1 to 0 Alt + Q = 1 Alt + W = 2 Alt + E = 3 Alt + R = 4 Alt + T = 5 Alt + Y = 6 Alt + U = 7 Alt + I = 8 Alt + O = 9 Alt + P = 0 Redraw or Refresh screen = Alt + G Take Screenshot = Alt + Shift + G or Alt + Shift + H Display device barcode or serial numbers = Alt + Shift + . Home Screen Rescan files in Kindle 3 = Alt + Z Start hidden Minesweepr / GoMoKu game = Alt + Shift + M Goto Amazon Store = Alt + Home Reading Screen Add or Remove bookmark = Alt + B Goto next or previous chapters = right or left of the 5-way controller buttons Turns on/off the Text-to-Speech = Alt + Shift Turns off the Text-t...

This is one of the hidden features of Amazon Kindle Keyboard hidden features. Other than reading eBooks, you can play some game to kill your time. Steps: Press alt , shift and M buttons on your keyboard simultaneously. Once in the Minesweeper game, you can start GoMoKu by pressing G on your keyboard. References: http://www.geoplanit.co.uk/2010/09/kindle-3-some-hidden-features.html Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".

A useful feature to capture your Kindle Keyboard screen. Steps: Press alt , shift and G on your keyboard simultaneously. Screenshots taken are saved in GIF formats under the documents folder. Update: 12 December 2011: Change "Kindle 3" to "Kindle Keyboard".

This is one of the Amazon Kindle Keyboard hidden features. It was not publicized at all by Amazon but never the less it's kind of cool to see eReading device can other than reading texts. Steps: Connect your Kindle Keyboard to your computer with the provided USB cable. A new removable drive named "Kindle"  will appear in your computer. Create a folder named "pictures"  directly under the Kindle drive. Create a sub folder under the "pictures" folder. This sub folder will be your photo album. Named your sub folder, which is also naming your photo album to your liking.  Transfer your pictures/photos into the sub folder / photo album. Safely remove the Kindle drive from your computer. Go to your Home screen. Refresh it by pressing " alt" and " z" buttons simultaneously. Your newly created photo album will appear as an eBook entry in your home screen. You open the photo album and browse the photos like reading a book. You can even org...

The recent update to the flashplugin-installer  package in Ubuntu (10.04) Lucid Lynx has change how Adobe caches temporary downloaded flash video (flv) for playback in browsers. Although there are many software available to download the flash video but copying from /tmp directory is the most easiest and convenient for me. The solution for me is to downgrade the flashplugin-installer  in my Ubuntu machine so i can use back the feature. Run Synaptic Package Manager . Search for flashplugin-installer . Select the flashplugin-installer package. Goto Package > Force Version . Select 10.0.45.2ubuntu1 version. Hit Apply to downgrade the package version. After the downgrade, goto Package > Lock Version . Note: I have saved the deb file just in case. [ DOWNLOAD ]