Kindle 2 now has PDF Support + Manual Screen Rotation

UPDATE 28 September 2011

New Kindles and a Kindle tablet called the Kindle Fire have been announced. Here is a quick overview of the new Kindle products.

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Great news for Kindle 2 owners — the version 2.3 software update includes support for rendering .pdf files.

Here is a .pdf file I copied onto my Kindle, shown in portrait mode:

And here’s the PDF file shown in landscape mode:

This software update also allows for manual screen rotation!

I should also point out that they’ve consolidated Kindle 2 lines, and so now any purchase of a Kindle 2 comes with *global* wireless connectivity.

There is also an update for the Kindle DX , which provides for better cropping of .pdf files and increases the length of time before the Kindle switches to screensaver mode.

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