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1. shift + alt + m = play minesweeper (from homescreen)
2. GoMoku: press G from Minesweeper

 

1. alt + shift + G = screenshot (plug your Kindle in via the USB and navigate to the folder ‘documents’ screenshots are GIF and named something like “screen_shot-******.gif”)
2. alt + G = screen refresh
3. alt + home = Kindle Store
4. alt + top row of letters on keyboard = numbers 1-0

 

1. Press menu to check the time
2. Press menu on homescreen to see available memory
3. To change the primary dictionary by going to settings then menu

 

1. Standby (uses minimal power is my understanding) Quick switch of the power slide.
2. To turn off kindle 3 (i.e switch off the screen as well) by pressing and holding the power slide for 7 seconds
3. To reset the kindle by pressing and holding the power slide for 15 seconds (restart is also in settings then menu)

 

1. alt + B = add and remove bookmarks
2. shift + Sym = Turn text to speech on and off
3. set cursor down the page to start text to speech from there
4. right arrow on nav controller = skip to next chapter
5. left arrow on nav controller = skip to previous chapter

 

1. alt + space = turn music on and off
2. alt + f = skip to next track

 

1. Plug your Kindle 3 into the computer with the USB.
2. Open the Kindle drive that is now in your displayed with your removable drives, in the root (i.e. not in another folder) create a folder called “pictures” within that folder you can create a number of other folders (think of them as collections), then add your images/pictures to this (or these) folders.  I’ve only tried Jpegs and they work fine.
3. Once finished safely unplug the kindle and then press “alt” and “z” on the homescreen, this will refresh the screen and add your new folders.
4. Click on the folder/collection and Image Viewer should launch.

 

1. f = full-screen
2. q = zoom in
3. w= zoom out
4. e = reset zoom
5. c = actual size
6. r = rotate
7. nav controller = pan

 

As Requested… by kuroikaze85

Update (1st October 2010): Acknowledgements
Apologies for not posting this sooner, I only compiled this list for my benefit (and limited followers) but now others are interested!


Articles and posts that made this page possible and some more I’ve found after I posted this list.   If you want some more technical stuff you could look at these but be careful.  NOTE Not all relate to Kindle 3 (latest version):

• Kindle Bonus Tips from 15th January 2008 (I guess in regards to the first Kindle)
• Kindle 2 Easter Eggs Not sure of date…
• Engadget Kindle Easter Eggs from 28th December 2007
• Hacking the Kindle part 3 from 21st December 2007
• Kindle Tricks and Hidden Features Kindleboard.com Thread – 23rd January 2009
• K3 FAQ plus shortcuts and tricks Kindleboard.com Thread – 2nd September 2010
• Kindle 3 Keyboard Shortcuts et al From Down the Hill – blog.diannegorman.net – 5th September 2009

There are more sites with information just goto Google like I did and search for “Kindle hidden” or “kindle easter eggs”


Update (1st October 2010): This post was featured on Geek.com thanks Matthew Humphries!


Update (2nd October 2010): This post was linked to on Teleread.com Ebook Roundup from Resource Shelf


Update (3rd October 2010): This post was linked to on Mike Cane’s xBlog GeoPlanIT: Kindle 3 : Some Hidden Features


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